Forum 1 - week 7 - Gender in Music Tech

This week I found to be, not frustrating, but almost a forced opinion. We were given the topic of talking about gender in music technology, so, naturally, pretty much the only thing that people could talk about is why there are fewer females in the music industry.
Firstly, Ben did a talk about why there is less female interest in the subject of music technology, stating things such as it being a 'masculine' subject, that the teaching style may not cater for a diversity of learning styles, and that there has been an increased use of technology to 'attract' males to music.
Next Doug talked about the genetics; the difference between males and females. He pointed out the 'strong' subjects for both women and men, and stated that I.T. and technology is generally better adapted to males. He also stated that he believed that music technology is a 'masculine' subject.
Thirdly, Amy talked about how she isn’t a feminist, explaining that feminists only want equal opportunity so as to get as many females in the music technology industry as males. She talked about how females should be able to get in the industry as much as men, but for the reason being that they would be good at it and want to do it, not just to make the numbers in the industry equal to that of men.
Lastly, there was a very short talk from Jake, focusing on Bjork and how both men and women like to buy her music creations. He then showed us a DVD of her and left us with a very interesting saying, “Choosing between males and females is like choosing between ice cream and cake."
Overall, i think everybody thought i was trying to rip their heads off because i didn't agree with them, but i just needed them to explain themselves properly so as to not come across as sexist.