If you make a list of the most successful tech investors, you're going to find that they're not as a rule all technologists. Ron Conway has a poli sci degree. Fred Wilson has a finance background. Peter Fenton at Benchmark has a Philosphy degree.

Note though that it's only the women who get dinged as "girlfriends" tagging along with their technologist boyfriends when they co-found immensely successful venture capital firms.

Hopefully that helps you understand the immediate negative reaction your comments generated.