UPDATE: Milton Friedman agrees with me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsIpQ7YguGE

Economics: Price =  the intersection of Supply and Demand. Increase the price of female labor, while keeping supply constant, and you decrease demand for female labor. Political laws cannot trump Economic laws.

New York Times: When Family-Friendly Policies Backfire
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/26/upshot/when-family-friendly-policies-backfire.html

Intro/Outro Song: "Earthy Crust" by Jingle Punks