A Boss Speaks: It's Time For A Paid Family Leave Law

So what is the real reason more women aren't running big businesses? In their unguarded moments, some male execs and business owners may tell you: It's because they have babies.

Sure, women are talented and driven, but these men will say: When women have babies, they take time out of the workforce which is expensive and disruptive. And what the same men probably won't say but do imply is that having these inconvenient babies also indicates that women just aren't that serious about their careers.