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The Importance of Male Children in China
Filial piety is all about respect for the people above you. In most societies throughout history, power and authority has usually flowed through the male gender. There was a big premium placed on male children in chinese culture because only they were capable of making sure the family name stayed alive. But this reverence for male children had a flip side: Female children were regarded as inferior. And this affected their quality of life in a huge way. When births were restricted, every pregnancy became a coin flip. If your one shot at a child ended ut being a girl, well, poof, there goes the family future and your retirement plan. Boys were expected to support their parents financially in old age while
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