If you read Beryl Markham's biography it says that until the WW2 one third of all licence holders were women, it makes you wonder why only 6% of PPL and 2% of CPL/ATPL holders today are women.
In a professional caqpacity have only ever had one derogatory comment and that was from a passenger.
Oh, and Dr Cruces, it is a well known fact that women have greater stamina than men and until we all realise that there probably won't be enough women on the long haul flight deck. Go back to your cave doc, in the modern airliner strength is not an issue.