<i>&gt; They [women] are less likely to be promoted because they are less likely to want a promotion.</i><p>I don&#x27;t think anyone could ask for a better example of systemic entrenched sexist bias than this quote. &quot;It&#x27;s okay, don&#x27;t worry about it; they just don&#x27;t want to be promoted as much as us men.&quot;<p>This is not that much different from the old &quot;women enjoy being in their husband&#x27;s kitchen and tending to the house, so it&#x27;s okay most women are there instead of working independently!&quot; Evidence clearly exists that lot of women used to enjoy being in the kitchen, but that doesn&#x27;t mean women are less suited to work outside the kitchen -- to make an extreme example.