（状语）Given the strength and persistence of societal expectations about women’s role in parenting, （主语）presenting their choices in that regard as purely personal preferences //（系动词）is //（表语）misleading at best, and a sop to sexism at worst. 

参考译文：考虑到社会对妇女在养育子女方面的作用的强烈和持续的期望，把她们在这方面的选择说成是纯粹的个人偏好，充其量只能是误导，而在最坏的情况下则是性别偏见的一种讨好/小恩小惠。