so my girlfriends birthday is coming up..

[mikes]

You say that like you're joking. I'm a woman and I LOVE electronics as presents. I know plenty of other women who do, too.

Like many stereotypes, it's a generalization, and not universally true. I've also found (for people of either gender), that even when they appreciate technology, they much prefer to make their own product decisions, rather than have something handed to them. Yet another reason consumer electronics/technology tends not to make good presents.