I'm a female go player but not the best representative for women in go I like to learn new things especially if you can put so much effort in studying.
But i'm a little different among my female friends. I was always interested in random stuff, studied computer science and got a lot of male friends. I guess i have more in common with my male friends than my female friends.

I think its a cultural thing. Girls are pushed to be social and if they would be pushed more in logic stuff more would play go or chess. My girlfriend don't play go but find it interesting how i get into things and put so much time in it. On my side i have a concentration problem. Not good if its to noisy or a tv screen is near to me. But i can concentrate perfectly on go.

I guess girls/women who had mangas and animes as a hobby are more likely to play go, because of their hobby which is a little "Nerdy".

(sorry for my english ...)