Ten Ton Hammer reproduces a post from the Age of Conan Forums (vexingly user-only) saying that Funcom has promised to address inequities in attack speeds for female characters in their Hyborian Age MMORPG in an upcoming update. According to the explanation, this was not an intentional balance difference between genders, but a bug based on the length of their attack animations. This AoC forum thread on the topic seems to be viewable for unregistered users.