A preference for boys? Not anymore


By AGENCY
  • Family
  • Thursday, 24 Jul 2025

While for centuries it was more socially desirable to give birth to a boy, this 'tradition' is losing ground and even reversing. Photo: Freepik

While for centuries it was more socially desirable to give birth to a boy, this "tradition” is losing ground, or even reversing.

This paradigm shift can be explained by recent advances in the fight for gender equality, but also (and paradoxically) by certain gender cliches that are still very much alive.

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