Allow me to offer a different anecdata. My friend is a lawyer and works for a small, but somewhat successful canadian firm (which I will not name for obvious r

Allow me to offer a different anecdata. My friend is a lawyer and works for a small, but somewhat successful canadian firm (which I will not name for obvious reasons). His boss had hired 4 women in a row. 3 of them went on maternity leave within a short amount of time. 2 out of 3 didn't even bother coming back. The other one came back and quit shortly after. All the files got dumped on my friend and the boss had to hire 3 new lawyers, had them all go through training and learning the logistics of how the office runs (first as a temp, and then once again as full time employees). So basically a total of 6 staff rotation within a years time. Needless to say this was a major nightmare. My friend told me his boss rather let slip that he will think twice before bringing women onboard.. I was obviously shocked to hear these as I myself am strongly against discrimination but I can't help but to at least sympathise with his boss to a certain degree.