Is social security disability and SSI harder for a woman to get ?

I think you can make the argument that, in some cases, it is harder for a woman to qualify for either social security disability or SSI disability benefits. This does not appear to be the case for disability approvals made on the basis of meeting or equaling the requirments of a listing (the impairment listing manual, or blue book, contains approval criteria for a number of medical impairments).