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Hard to say.
It could be.
Going slightly off topic though.... I have a slight "beef" with multi-tasking, because the term became very fashionable for a bit - particularly as with management.
Perhaps this was because microcomputer multi-tasking hit the media in the late 90's, and perhaps because of a few pop-pysch books. I seem to recall seeing something by De Bono... "Parallel Thinking" I think it was called.
To me, it seems self evident to me that doing multiple tasks at once will be less efficient than doing one thing at a time - except for those situations where there are significant wait periods involved (eg "boil for 10 minutes"), or where the tasks are simple - using a small fraction of our ability or leveraging practiced skills.
Getting back to the topic. I think that it's quite possible that women are, on average, slightly better at this. But then also - it might be that their life and career choices (ie environment) hones this ability slightly.
By the same token, some professions teach people to focus on a single task or thread of thought/logic at once.
So yeah. If there's an effect - it could be environment and training related.
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