Yes, it does seem a bit odd that in a country where we emphatically celebrate the strength of diversity, we see so much effort pointed at conforming society to abide by strict statistical proportionality in the workplace or in the allocation of household tasks.  
My sense is that many of the proponents of Marxism would approve of the kind of top down social engineering that some female activists are currently promoting.  None of them made a better world for anyone but themselves.