Muses or Musicians?

"Many believe music composed and performed by women contains an aesthetic different from men's. Drawing from the belief that women maintain certain traits because of their innate child-bearing ability, some musicologists persist that nurturing, caring, and even enveloping feelings are inherent in their compositions. Furthermore, some suggest women's music differs for sociological reasons." LINK

The above text was snipped from a one-page article (circa 1993) found at random from the website of an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based radio station, WCBN. The writer raises some good points, and believe me, once you initiate topics like these in conversations with other artists and musicians, male or female, things can get pretty heated and become quite political very quickly, which I personally find to be a bore and huge turn-off. Better to just continue the conversation and enjoy it while continuing to have an open mind...