Dear Sutia,
While I think there's merit to your position, I would suggest that it is rather too broad and doesn't take into account the wide variance in individuals. Biology is not entirely destiny, and I know some women who are seemingly thoroughly obtuse to matters "spiritual." My experience has been that mystical receptivity (or not) is more a matter of what I'll call, for convenience, individual yin/yang proclivities. Further, spiritual materialism is no more useful than the other kind; we walk in two worlds if we are balanced.
And then there's always the matter of the 'third sex'...
Catholics worshipping graven images? No more so than Vedic "worship" of, say, the Shiva lingam. A representation of one aspect of the Absolute is just that, and may well serve as a useful focus.
Bright blessings,
goldenisis
