ratbastid

I actually don't believe there is any such thing as multitasking, really. There's an ability some people have (or have developed) to switch tasks quickly, and retain in short-term memory the current status of several things. But if you really look, you're only ever doing one thing at a time. You might have three things cooking at once, but what you're doing RIGHT NOW is what you're doing right now.

I one time manned the grill at a cookout, and at my peak burger-cooking period, I had 16 patties going at once, and I knew how long each had been on, how long each one had to go, how many people had made orders of what degree of doneness, who those people were, whether they had their bun ready to go, who had been fed, and who was still in line. The experience was very much like being at work--the job I was working at the time involved LOTS of fast reaction to LOTS of quick little tasks, and keeping up with dozens of statuses of things all at once. But I never really multitasked--I just page-swapped quickly.

(Edit: To, uh, answer the question... I've never seen a gender-related correlation with that ability.)