The younger generation aged 18-29 are the most likely to prefer a boy at 54% vs a girl at 27%.
Americans Prefer Boys to Girls, Just as They Did in 1941
Supernova wrote:Would these parents be happy if they could legally kill their girls to make room for boys being the first born and maybe only children?
Supernova wrote:The whole thing pisses me off, what, are we suddenly the new China? Would these parents be happy if they could legally kill their girls to make room for boys being the first born and maybe only children?
Supernova wrote:Well why are the girls treated like the leftovers, the rejects, because they get pregnant insteaed of impregnating someone? Because when they go through puberty they get emotional whereas the boys just get horny and destory things?
Chris wrote:I guess I'm lucky because both times I got what I wanted. A lot of it just has to do with traditions and namesakes, I think. Baby girls usually don't grow up to carry on the family name. That sort of thing.
Supernova wrote:Well why are the girls treated like the leftovers, the rejects, because they get pregnant insteaed of impregnating someone? Because when they go through puberty they get emotional whereas the boys just get horny and destory things?
Alan Smithee wrote:NY is right. It's ludacris to get your bowels in an uproar because people express a preference.
Supernova wrote:Except today, more women aren't taking their husbands' names, and even in the 40s there were a lot of women who at least worked under their own names, not their husbands', I sure as hell wouldn't, so that idea goes out the window, so what's the next reason?
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