Yup, it is Masorati (Conservative) and every Yom Kippur I hear the same argument whether it would be "okay" to allow women do the Birkat - we only do it once a year possibly to curtail the discussion.

My sister said something really interesting when we were discussing tradition and Judaism and stuff. We're both atheist (I'm almost positive every one in my family doesn't actively believe) and she was saying that we are part of a 5000 year old tradition of worshipping the written word.
I thought, I could get down with that - especially since that's really a more cultural thought than a liturgical one.

Buber was a smart cookie :D