As a woman pilot have have to agree with both of you.
I do not have a nerdy geeky interest in things technical - I just like playing with them
So if that means finding out about the basic workings of aircraft, very fast cars, computers, mobile phones, GPS, digital cameras, or any other gizmo, that has taken my fancy .... then I do it, but only on a need to know basis.
I have spent nearly all my life working in so called male oriented environments, with the same situation for hobbies. Like many women pilots, I really like men & enjoy their company, but I can't be bothered to get into the usual competitiveness, then some men seem to indulge in, at work & at play.
Also I never let the "strange attitudes to female pilots" worry me at all, I usually just find them a laugh.
Norwich Airport, walking through door marked Air Crew Only ....
Security Man "are you 2 ladies with a pilot?"
Me "No ... us 2 ladies ARE the pilots"
Although, when I do meet a geniune unrecontsructed male chauvanist dinosaur, I just cannot resist the temptation to wind him up.