It does make sense. Just like it would make a lot of sense for parental leave to be the same length for both parents, and mandatory to be taken. Sure, it's the mother who has given birth and needs the time to medically recover, but that's not the only use of the parental leave. Both parents need to bond with the baby and take care of it. And if you make it the same length and mandatory you remove any argument against hiring women "because they might get pregnant".
Same principle, better outcome for everyone.
Just for your information, it only works in combination with suppressing Testosterone. as long as testosterone is present in high levels it will come back