There are not many female guitarists, especially in this genre of music. With the Lilith Fair Tour, women are being seen in rock a lot more. When I first started, the prejudice was really high. I had a hard time getting anyone to believe that I could be as good as the guys were. I showed them.
Piano is more a female instrument.
There are a lot of female vocalists, but you don't see a lot of female guitar players, bass players, drummers. Even nowadays a lot of all female bands are ridiculed. I have an easier time over in Europe than I do here. I live in the Boston area, and Boston being a college town really wants alternative music. So I have a difficult time getting shows and drawing a huge crowd around here.