Warren Buffett drew "laughter and gasps" from an audience of 10,000 women when he "played to the crowd" by asking Chris Matthews, "If you could have changed your sex into that of a woman, would you have?"

Matthews was moderating an on-stage conversation Wednesday between Buffett and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at the 22nd annual Women's Conference in Long Beach, California.

The Los Angeles Times reports today that "Matthews smiled sheepishly, then rambled about the virtues of womanhood," eventually prompting Schwarzenegger to chide him for not answering the question.

The Times quotes one audience member as saying, "It was funny, but it drove a point home.  Buffett stumped Matthews.  But Matthews' hesitation to answer that question reflected the hesitation of corporate executives who do not take women to the top of the ladder."

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