There are quite a number of married monks. There are also a decent number of female monks (and yes, that is the correct term). I happen to be neither -- I'm quite single, and male. I find it interesting, however, that PM seems to have a quite large proportion of females, for as technical a world as it is -- I see far more women here then (say) on any computer mailing list I've ever been on, or any other technical community I can think of. In fact, I see more female monks then female students in intro-level CS classes.

There are probably several reasons for this, the most important reason being that I mainly notice people on the CB, and the CB is a social medium. (As sexist as it sounds, I think men are more drawn to technical fora and women to social fora. If you think about the population of PM vs. AIM or LJ, your'll see what I mean... the population of the internet, surveys have shown, is predominatly male, but AIM and LJ are both overwelmingly female.)