[Livia]

No one's forcing these women to take part in this, presumably; no one's being coerced. Some women might want to work and keep their options open to have children later. I know this isn't going to be a popular comment, but I would much rather work with women who have no kids. In the past when I've worked with women who have a family their families quite rightly come first. Consequently those of us who don't have kids end up covering for them when their kids are sick, when their kids have sports day... all kinds of issues. No one's making Microsoft and Apple do this and if women take advantage of it, that's their choice.