It's better than the U.S., but hardly a socialist utopia gouging out the soul of the hard-working noble capitalist, or whatever the linked article was trying to

It's better than the U.S., but hardly a socialist utopia gouging out the soul of the hard-working noble capitalist, or whatever the linked article was trying to say. What the article was trying to say is that placing burdensome restrictions on companies that have female employees will result in a completely predictable incentive to hire fewer women. If female employees are, on average, effectively more expensive to the company than an equivalent male employee, what do you expect businesses to do? And no, "it's illegal to discriminate against hiring women" doesn't help. Lots of things are illegal and people do them anyway.