Can't let this go.  Have responded to 2-3 other comments, but this one's mine: the problem may not be "sexism." Like the Science Minister, I'll use my own experience to bolster that claim. Years ago, when I was young and silly, I wanted to write a book--had to write in NOW.  Needed time. Problem: had a full-time job.  So, went to my boss and I said, "I need 6 months off to write this book--hey, I don't expect pay while I'm away (wasn't THAT silly).  So.  Deal?  I come back in the fall?"  He laughed. He said, "go ahead--but you leave? No guarantees."

It wasn't sexism--I'm male, he was male. But it's the SYSTEM, see?  Can't always make "system" work for you, because YOU work for the "system." Women have done well, ie.: maternity leave. Twist that system!  But there IS a limit.  As I discovered. How BAD did I want to write that book?  How BAD do women want kids? 

How many men take LEGAL paternity leave? Many fewer than could.  They fear the system and its biases...yeah: these are MEN.