@magpieluvseeds
Sadly true

Many women actually get punished by "the market" when they choose a different path than the "norm".

I remember my American co-workers making fun of my friend in Sweden who took a year off work to be at home with their special need daughter, while his wife stayed at work.
The other way would have been perfectly normal, and set back the woman's carrier.
Coming from Iran, I can't understand that so many men in 21st century live by the mindset of cavemen.

@faab64 @magpieluvseeds Many men get punished, as per your example, and plenty companies frown upon men taking parental leave.
In Norway you get scolded if you don't share it 50/50. You are supposed to be done with meetings early enough so dad can pick up the kids from kindergarten. As a dad, you are supposed to do your fair share.

I might do a bit more (we don't count so I might be a slacking off idiot, though my wife would tell me), I have reduced my hours, my wife is paid better than I am...