Not for nuthin, and maybe it's different on the other side of the pond, but I definitely noticed that as soon as the slower stuff started coming around is when I started noticing a lot more women at techno parties.
Maybe they got tired of playing at sausage fests? <shrug>
I still listen to and play hard shit. In fact I've been doing a lot more of that lately than the slower stuff. As I get older, the slower stuff is more likely to put me to sleep because I need more energy to push me :)
Lenny Dee still bangs it up proper and I think he just turned 40 or something.