I'm not even sure it's a male/female thing so much as a "do you know how to talk to students" issue. The Dirt Series folks have a paid job to explain concepts to beginners -- explaining where your center of gravity should be, where your pedals should be, explaining how friction and momentum work with our against you, where to look and how that helps, common mistakes, etc etc.

My husband, when I asked how he got around a switchback, sort of blinked at me and said "I don't know, I just.. ride it." I doubt it was because he was male, I just don't think he's ever had to break it down into the minutia and try to explain it to someone else. It'd be like asking the average person on the street about what is it that makes a poem the best in the world.

-- gnat!