Interesting thread! But let's please not get into the old race/gender "positive discrimination" debate as it always causes upset on here.
Fact 1: Men and Women are different, they have different strengths and weaknesses.
Fact 2: This means men and women make different pilots not necessarily better than men.
I think that men are more confident and have better reactions and hand to eye co-ordination than women (in general). But this is balanced by women's perhaps more balanced approach to a task like flying which as been said is not inherently difficult.
Compare it to driving (which is a different but not unrelated skill) - yes men have more accidents because of cockiness but in my opinion have greater car control than women - women's accidents tend to be caused by indecisiveness. In my opinion this makes men technically better drivers, if they keep their confidence in check.
Flying is male dominated profession so good luck to the women wannabes - in some cases being female has distinct advantages.