I could be, like, totally off base here, but I always thought Rush was a band that appealed to the guys more so than the gals ... just my personal experience ...

I don't think I know a single female that digs Rush. How horrible! Can you imagine being an international rockstar in your twenties and have 20 girls at your show?

I don’t mind Tom Sawyer .... that’s about it for me!

I think they married them....

My oldest cousin passed his love of Rush to me when I was a young lass of about 12 or 13.
He’s in the music industry and was lucky enough to work with them many times over the years.
He still hates the Dead, despite my best efforts. But, that meant I got his comps whenever they were in town.

Get the nets! We need to capture this one for observation!

All kidding aside, you are rare sister. Good on ya!

I first saw Rush in the 70's, I bought 2112 new, and have seen them numerous times over the years. They are one of the great rock bands ever, and are/were technically brilliant. They worked really hard to get that way, too. They influenced so many artists and bands. Working Man is a great song but only represents their very beginning; it does not include Neil on the original album, and it has nothing on their later work, after he joined the band. The themes explored on their last three albums in particular, the tight playing and the joy that was evident in every note showed us just how happy they were to be back together after the tragedies that stopped them from recording.
It is heartbreaking that Neil felt he had to retire, and is now gone so soon.
As a woman, one of the reasons I love them is because you didn't hear Neil writing lyrics that treated women as objects for sex and disrespect. He wrote about love and relationships, in songs like this:

Truth is, I've never met a female Rush fan. That being said, I'm not a fan myself except for a handful of tunes. Too progressive for me personally. Had I been a fan, I might sound less ignorant. Then again....

And thanks for letting me know. i had no idea there was any other drummer than Neil!

They are my lifes blood. I still love the genre, and can listen to it all day.
I saw Floyd on the Animals tour. I saw Yes the year bfore that. I really regret not having gotten to see Genesis with Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett.
Of course Rush didn't stay in the Prog rock lane either, they diversified and grew, but by then I loved them so it was okay, because I was growing and diversifying too.
Editing to add, I did know you were kidding, and no offense taken!

Geddy's voice. I'm a singer myself. And, I have to say, as a singer I have huge respect for the man. His vocal control and range are beyond impressive. he is extremely gifted and talented. But his fucking tone man. I just can't. His tone and his personal vocal style. I just can't do more than a tune or two at once. I know you love them and I really am not meaning to sound insulting. If you look crosseyed at Humble Pie's Steve Marriott and we're squaring off! I so get it. Know that's not how I mean it. I'm more of a blues man myself. Or blues rock if you like. Simple, straightforward, 4/4 beats. I'm very low brow. That being said, I love Floyd from Meddle forward. Should give you a clue as to what I dig. that earlier stuff? I just didn't get it.... I know. I'm lame.

And La Villa Strangiato

They've been locked into my car play.

I'll have to dig on the villa and see whats to be seen...

Just sayin...

Then it is probably for one or two reasons:
1) Ged being a high tenor or,
2) Neil writing a near love letter to Ayn Rand on the liner notes for 2112.
My response to #1 would be that Ged got past using his upper register fairly early on. Men just can't do it for too long. If you listen to entire albums of theirs, you don't hear him singing at the top all the time. But for a while, yea their every radio hit was Ged sounding like a soprano. As a first soprano, I loved it - their songs are always in my range.
And #2 is best answered by them; there are clips about it on Beyond the Lighted Stage and the Classic Albums series discussing 2112. They weren't even aware of her political side - to Neil it was an inspiring novel, and sparked a great side of an album whose theme is really about a band trying to make the music they love in the face of a record company trying to make them a three minute song hit factory, wrapped in a sci fi storyline.
You want to hear the Rush I know and love? Here's just two more songs..
This is from Snakes and Arrows, released 2007, IIRC. I only saw this tour once. Listen to the lyrics.

This is the final song on their final album. I couldn't listen to this song without crying the first couple of dozen times I listened to it. I saw them twice on this tour: