In the past, accounts of genius have been put forward which explicitly exclude women from this category. Today genius does not tend to be explicated in such an explicitly gendered way. Nonetheless, stereotypes exist which indicate that whilst the category of genius may not explicitly exclude women, genius remains psychologically associated with men more than women. This paper explores what could be working to shape these associations. Specifically, I investigate whether, in addition to the impact of historic inequality of opportunity, our conception of genius itself serves to sustain or even perpetuate these gendered psychological associations. My pursuit of this hypothesis reveals an issue with the concept: its ambiguity, which I argue forces a reliance on stereotypes. To overcome this problem, I propose that a new, optimal account of the concept be developed. I will end by putting forward a set of considerations for building such an account in the future.