Let's take this a step even further. Can we accurately answer this question? Is there any way to formulate a survey and get it out to the general public and stress that it be answered only by women? I don't see how you do that. Maybe you just write the survey, and ask that the takers specify a gender, and extrapolate the results that way. Any means in which you disseminate the survey will be biased just in the way you get it out there.
What would the questions look like?
1) What are your 5 favorite films?
2) What do you think are the 5 best films ever made?
3) What are your 5 favorite directors?
4) Who do you think are the 5 best directors?
5) Name 5 film related artists who in your view have the biggest following?
Choosing 5 so as not to limit to one, but allow for more options and establish a ranking.
I'm trying to at the same time draw a line between what people love and what people acknowledge as quality, and allow for the fact that even anonymously, people want to give "smart" answers.
Ask age, race, religion, gender, political affiliation, and income, and then extrapolate based on that?
I am interested in this question too because I've often wondered why there aren't more women film geeks? Or is it just that they don't feel comfortable making their presence known online? Or that they don't get as passionate about things as men do? I've noticed this in other pursuits as well, so it's not an isolated phenomenon.
Let's try to at least come to a consensus as to what the questions are, and then maybe we can figure out how to get them out there and get them answered.