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It also penalizes non-fathers because employers assume the possibility of you having children, and that has an effect on your pay, even if you never have children.

As a non-father, you have no way to say "I don't want paternity leave" and negotiate a better salary instead.

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You can make implicit inferences... e.g. younger people (below 25) are less likely to be parents anytime soon.

Also, there could be post-hiring pressures, motivating employees to not have kids in order to continue their stellar career trajectory (this probably already happens, and I think it's something that should be addressed by some kind of government-provided incentives... I was thinking something like tax-breaks or even tax-rewards for parents, or possibly public housing).

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