Reason for Lack of Miqo'te in MSQ?

[Enkidoh]

I personally would love a Au Ra, Miqo'te, or hyur female NPC in the PLD job story quest. At present it's all guys, a Hyur male, a Roe male, an Elezen male, even a Lalafell male shows up from time to time (he's retired, but still gives advise). Add on top of this almost all PLD art and promo content is males, mostly of the large races, with only 2 artworks in all these years of female PLD's. it would be nice to see at least one short cute female PLD in our quest line, or at least a bit of art with us in it more often.

There's actually a female Midlander hyur PLD in the ARR Hildibrand questline whose name escapes me at the moment - there is a lore reason why it's mostly men taking that role though, PLDs are members of the Sultansworn Elite, the royal guard of Ul'dah, who have long been very insular and exclusive in their recruitment (it was only the lead up to the Calamity did they start teaching their skills and knowledge to skilled adventurers who had trained as GLAs, who became free PLDs, which is what the player's character is if they're PLD.). Also the Little Ladies' Day event in 2015 mentioned that the three founding members of the Sultansworn were all men too.

Having said that, apart from that the GLA Guild master is also a woman too (a Highlander for that matter) so there are women who have taken up the sword (to say nothing of Ishgard's military including many female knights and soldiers).