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@Doctor_Cake
I'm not entirely sure how much stock you can put in CTC's membership list in respect to sex breakdown because they have me listed as male (hopefully this will be corrected soon).
In my case, I started cycling as my primary mode of transport due to a few reasons.
I think the thing that made the most difference for me (and got me to the point where I rarely consider any other form of transport) was the second point.
To help me get more confident on the roads, when I first started venturing onto London streets, he would actually cycle behind me to control traffic, taught me about primary position, door zone, how to approach junctions, etc.
When I first decided to cycle to work, he planned out a route and made sure we cycled it together so that I would be familiar with the journey.
I think I'm much more confident on a bike now and happily cycle on my own lots of places, but that kind of support made a huge difference in my early days of cycling.
TL;DR? Training and support are what got me on the bike for good.