You've guessed it right. I wont be going into details why you are right but by judging the posts on QL, you can easily see how starved some guys are for the company of the fairer sex. The problem is that there are many guys on QL who happen to be living a bachelor life in Qatar, some of them are married though but their better halves are in their homelands. Many of the guys here work in strictly male companies where they are only able to get a glimpse of the opposite sex in the form of a secretary. So for some of these having a female in their gathering or group is like having hit the JackPot.

Dont worry with time you'll get accepted into the QLSG and you will see the trend in the mixed gatherings.

Good Luck new_man