I will add that it has been my experience, too, that FC is 90% male, but allow me to share this story about the last female I sat next to in FC.

We were in the bulkhead A / C seats and the overhead space above our row and the next two rows back were full or reserved for airline apparatus. Since there was no space other a small foot area in front of us, she could not place her brief case there.

It took no fewer than four FA's to convince her that someone will "pass the case" forward to her so she won't have to wait for the entire plane to empty before she was able to head to the fourth row overhead to pick up her case. Frankly, I was blown away by her attitude that no one would help nor did she want any.

In my case, I would feel comfortable asking someone to pass something forward or handing something to someone who couldn't reach it themselves.