Focusing on the individual is not taught in school and as a matter of fact you are shamed if you espouse the concept. So I completely disagree with the author that libertarians do that. I will say that a big decision in every woman' s life is whether she will have children. This decision can be a major disruption in her professional life. She makes a conscious choice. To think that women never think about it until they marry oruntil they want to decide would be the same as ignoring one's body. The first decision she makes is to prevent pregnancy. Often this decision is made when her doctor is a pediatrician. Most mothers in the US don't jump on taking their daughter to a gynocologist right after she got her sports physical from the family doc. And because we are also somewhat of a sexually repressive society she will not consult with her parents to make that decision. Where is it easy and cheap and advertised directly to her? Planned parenthood. This organization reinforces the notion that the state is there for you. Then she goes to college...I can go on but I do believe that having children plays a role. After all raising a family should be a team effort and team is not individual. Libertarian is a political system and not a philosophy. Objectivism is not developed enough on the concept of family. Will Thomas has written about that and is developing stuff -but that is considered " open." As an entreprenuer I think it's easier to rectify raising children and career. But in most professions women make a choice that does affect their advancement professionally in most cases. I think it plays a role. But the shaming by society, you know -libertarians aren' t nice and you want to be known as a nice girl, right? Is more likely.