Should companies be forced to fired men and replace them with women simply because there aren't enough women in the company?
http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/women/story/0,,2262450,00.html
"Imagine you're one of the 13 men on this all-male board of a large company and are told five of you must go to be replaced by women. Unlikely? Not in Norway, where they're enforcing a law that 40% of directors must be female."
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aS.J0gCborKs&refer=europe
"Under a Norwegian law passed four years ago, women must fill 40 percent of the country's corporate board seats effective tomorrow. Most companies already have complied under media pressure and the threat of being shut down by the government."
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