I have asked several female pilots that I have flown with why there are so many women on the back side of the door, and so few on the front. They have all said that it isn’t the lifestyle, but the job itself. Most guys are gear heads and see operating machinery as attractive, where the majority of women typically don’t view it the same way. They are just as capable, it’s just that most aren’t interested. That is at least how it was explained to me.