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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 82 points 3 months ago (12 children)

The increase of male births can be linked to a historical preference for sons, a decline in birth rates driven by gender selection preferences and advancements in technology, such as ultrasound, that facilitate gender selection, according to the report.    The report also emphasized that the prolonged period of a skewed sex ratio at birth since the 1970s has had a significant impact on marriage rates. Regions with high marriage rate imbalances are characterized by particularly skewed sex ratios at birth during the 1980s and 1990s.

So basically a lot of people saw a vagina in the ultrasound and decided quit and restart the level.

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Why is there a preference for sons? Is it because they would traditionally get better jobs and take care of their parents or…?

[–] PeterLossGeorgeWall@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I know That's a fairly common experience elsewhere. I have a cousin who is a fourth of his name. I think he or his wife understood the twisted family dynamic that came with playing favorites like that because they didn't carry on the tradition when they had their son.

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