A law school question

Do others out there find the genus of gunner heavily skewed male? 

I can think of one woman in my year, overall, who might count as a gunner because she can tend to dominate a class. But she seems to do so because she's an uber law geek* who finds all her classes fascinating, she's a very expressive person who says exactly what's on her mind at a given moment, and she gets caught up in what's being talked about in class.

Whereas, honestly, the men I have in mind really do seem to contribute because they want to show everyone what they know. 

I hate to generalize about this and lord knows I've taught know-it-all female students in the past; I'm just describing how this seems to me. If anyone wants to share stories of female gunners, please do!

Although I suspect addressing this properly requires defining gunner (which I know I've talked about before but I'm too lazy to link, and my thinking has evolved somewhat). I have a two-pronged definition of gunner that's pretty simple: 1) are your comments in class more about what you know than about moving the class forward? and 2) do you make a lot of these comments?

Are there women out there who get labeled gunners for the same kinds of comments men make that men DON'T get labeled a gunner for?

Or am I just being sexist about this?

*I totally mean this as a compliment.

Comments

[Dave H]

I've certainly seen my share of female gunners, but your generalization seems correct. And, given your definition, most of the women I've observed wouldn't really qualify. All but one or two of the people I have in mind were of the mildly Asperger's-y variety and earnestly asking 47 questions per class period. Obviously I doubt this holds true across a larger population, but it's an interesting phenomenon here. Males just seem much more willing to raise their hands in order to ostentatiously reference some dusty hornbook they were encouraged to read as a substitute for showing up at office hours every day.