How many women go into business and want to be a CEO vs. how many men go into business and want to be a CEO? It is ridiculous to expect that there will be parity in everything between men and women or that it will always even be close. They have different goals and want different things (at least on average). That isn't to say sexism, racism and other forms of discrimination and bigotry don't exist. Of course they do though I don't believe MOST people are inherently sexist or racist (at least not to the degree that they would, for example, turn down a woman for a job because she is a woman instead of looking for the most qualified candidate regardless of sex). That just isn't what is responsible for how many women CEOs there are.