A old friend brought my attention to this article, a reply to the issue, "Female-Led Prayers: A Step Forward for Women?"
"For 1,400 years, there has been a consensus of scholars that men are to lead Prayer. As a Muslim woman, why does this matter? The one who leads Prayer is not spiritually superior in any way. Something is not better just because a man does it. And leading Prayer is not better just because it is leading. Had it been the role of women or had it been more divine, why wouldn’t the Prophet have asked Lady `A’ishah or Lady Khadijah, or Lady Fatimah—the greatest women of all time—to lead? These women were promised heaven and yet they never led Prayer."
Its a superb read, in my opinion, and puts things across very logically -- you don't have to be a Muslim to appreciate its ideas on gender relations, ideas that i personally agree very much with.
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