I can honestly say that I have not seen a noticable difference in working for male bosses or female bosses.  It's more of a personality than gender thing.  I've had male bosses who don't understand "women issues" or kids or family responsibilities, and I've had female bosses that are either the same way or go to the "been there, handled it without it affecting work, you can too" mentality.

When I worked for a boss that was known to be slow or non-responsive, then I made it my goal to limit those times to the best of my ability.  We worked out a system where I set reminders well in advance of the due date, to give bossie the impression that it was due sooner than it was, or where I could handle some issues with just a modicum of input from bossie, or any other avenues I could use to help ensure deadlines were met.  However, we can't do everything for them, and if they won't be responsible for themselves, there is only so much we can do... at which point we CYA on what actions we HAVE taken to assist them and let them go.