Parenting a son is criticized, while openly preferring daughters over sons is accepted and even celebrated.

bircov · 2025-02-24T20:22:03+00:00

In western world, women are more valuable for the governments and societies than men. Of course, almost nobody talks that openly and only a few are aware of that, but it's true. It is supported mostly by social-culture mindset, but sometimes also by the law/jurisdiction. This is why we're so discriminated against.

Medium-Knowledge4230 · 2025-02-24T20:03:18+00:00

I think that's just a USA thing. It's crazy that this competition even exists. I think in South America we prefer sons just for a simple reason: they are cheaper to maintain. Less clothes, no makeup, no fancy products for hair or nails. They can be very happy playing with a rock and a stick

Icy_Guard268 · 2025-02-24T21:13:16+00:00

I remember reading a post on here a while ago. Margot Robbie had a baby boy and everyone online was upset about it. There were lots of comments about how she should have had a girl instead of a boy. A boy wouldn't appreciate having Barbie as a mom.

I have also seen some stuff online over the years of if a woman is pregnant then she says I wonder if it's a girl or an abortion implying that they would abort the baby if it was a boy.

Unlucky_Doubt_8446 · 2025-02-24T22:10:10+00:00

regularly see women on social media saying that they would abort a son, but would keep a daughter

No_Leather3994 · 2025-02-25T10:11:21+00:00

Yeah its disturbing I've seen so many videos where people just hate on the parent for showing their sons any form of love its quite disturbing.

Such as no on batting an eye when dad's do a silly video saying to raise their daughters standards in men yet when mothers do the same but raise their sons standards for women they get attacked. In another video people were justifying a grown man choking a 16 year old because he called his daughter a slur after she cheated on him and saying there's never an excuse to disrespect women. Another attacked a father because he took his son to a sports game when his daughter wanted a tea party...you literally can't make it up they want women to always be attended to. The double standards are so entrenched in that they have videos of 6 year old boys being forced to carry their sisters schoolbag and then caption it as "we are raising gentlemen in this house".

There's so much other examples even in movies/TV shows this weird double standard to parenting is encouraged.

bizarre_love_triangl · 2025-02-24T22:25:36+00:00

not only that. I see parents all the time smacking their toddler sons when they cry but hug and kiss a crying toddler girl.

UpbeatLecture3941 · 2025-02-24T23:18:25+00:00

I know that cycles of abuse is a thing. But I would argue that having experienced misogynistic themed abuse as a child is not a prerequisite to mothers abusing their sons. I think the current cultural, political and legal envornonments make it seem permissible for a larger number of women, whether they were victimised themselves or not.

lazymud68 · 2025-02-25T01:13:57+00:00

The world is so biased against men right now, that anything considered misogyny if a man says it, is actually celebrated if a woman says it. Let that sink in

Nouvel_User · 2025-02-25T21:58:00+00:00

Said no one ever.

Imoldok · 2025-02-24T22:36:36+00:00

Up until they become teenagers. lol.

Proud-Question-4479 · 2025-02-24T22:40:59+00:00

You can't blame mothers for preferring daughters when it's effectively a job that pays more for the same work. This isn't because girls are smarter than boys; boys are smarter in certain areas. The reason is because daughters come with social privilege; female achievements are recognized more readily than male achievements. The lack of sexism faced by girls means less mental health issues.

Title	Parenting a son is criticized, while openly preferring daughters over sons is accepted and even celebrated.
Author	Professional-Spare43
Upvotes	143
Comments	23
Date	February 24, 2025 7:45 PM UTC (1 year ago)
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