Why do women use intuition instead of logic ?

Supposedly logic is a male trait, but perhaps that might be painting too many men with the broad brush of stereotype. I have seen far too many men in the throes of illogical emotion, I suppose.

I can tell you a bit about the women on my mother's side of the family, which almost seems to support your premise. From my grandmother on, they all had a tendency to rely on "feelings", or premonitions. Some of them had dreams of the future, or claimed to see ghosts. ALL of them tended toward mysticism mixed with their fervent religious convictions of various kinds.