Thanh-Tam Le asks what he calls a "weird question for all listers."

>Does it make any difference to you if you know that the piece of music
>you are listening to was composed by a woman?...I mean, in terms of
>expectations, appreciation, etc.

No.  If I ever had such expectations they have long since been defeated
by the actual music I have heard by composers who happen to be female.
I am also sure that anyone who might think s/he could tell the gender of
a compser by listening to the music would fail a "blindfold" test based
on listening to previously unheard pieces.

Jim Tobin