How many of the women whose photos have been posted here, have given their permission?
The delightfully gorgeous and uuterly sexy Thomas Coupling who started this thread asked about numbers of female pilots and why the profession doesn't attract more. He did not ask for photos or names.
I think the photos and names were to show prominent or accomplished women in the field. They illustrate that there are indeed women who have accomplished much in the field.
As to why there aren't more, that's a cultural thing that goes well beyond the realm of those here. Aviation in general is still a profession associated with a daring and aggressive attitudes, rotorcraft flying probably even more so. Then you throw in the working conditions and a little bit of engineering and math required to fly. Rightly or wrongly, fewer girls and women are taught and/or socialized to pursue professions that involve these things than are boys and men. It becomes self-perptuating to some extent in that more men go into the field, which discourages women from trying at all.
Why aren't more men nurses or elementary school teachers? It works both ways. As society has become more open and accommodating of different interests that cross traditional stereotypes, "men's" and "women's" professions have become more integrated, but these things take a long time.
Just over 15 years ago, women weren't even allowed into many, if not most, military helo jobs. That's a big source of qualified helo pilots. Even in the civilian world, seeing a female pilot used to be like seeing a zebra. It's still not an everyday thing, but it's no longer shocking.
Things don't change overnight.