One lama did tell me, however, that women’s main problem is that they have a volatile mind. It swings up and down, which makes it more difficult to attain steadiness in meditation. But he also added that when a woman learns to check that energy she can go very fast in her practice – much quicker than men because there’s this fund of energy which has not been dissipated. In fact, many lamas have said that once women get going on meditation their experiences are much more rapid and higher than most men’s. But again, because women [from previous generations] weren’t into writing books [about Dharma and meditation] or publicizing it, you didn’t hear about them.
Tenzin Palmo
From Cave in the Snow