Hi,
I am a female pilot.
I don't think I have received negative discrimination because I am a female.
I have applied myself like any other pilot, male or female and put in a lot of work to achieve my goals and then to finally land a job.
If you want to get some information, there is the Women in Aviation. They are a worldwide organisation.
I fly because I love it, plain and simple. No one has ever influenced my decision to become a pilot, but myself. (I know no one in my family who has been in aviation). I have thought long and hard why I wanted to take this path in life, and I think its just "in my blood", instinctual. I have tried doing other things, but I seem to bounce right back to flying. It is who I am!! (Male OR Female!)
Good luck with your project!
Skysurfer