It's no big deal. Some instruments attract different sexes. Flutes for instance attract girls more than boys, well at least in the schools I've had anything to do with over the years. Same with clarinet. I don't know why.
Like the man said, we can only please some of the people some of the time. Rob (who has just finished a mountain of ironing...) -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html