According to the premises of myhf (the guy I asked the question to), women are discriminated against for being riskier and less productive employees than men. T

According to the premises of myhf (the guy I asked the question to), women are discriminated against for being riskier and less productive employees than men. This is because women have special legal privileges that men don't have and will exercise them in order to work less. The phenomenon you are describing is an entirely different one. The phenomenon of viewing a woman who leaves her kids at home more negatively than a man who does the same would in fact fit the definition of sexism I described. It is also completely unrelated to maternity/paternity leave and the rest of this discussion.