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marybourg

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3. They finally figured out

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Mon Jun 16, 2025, 12:39 PM

Jun 16

That if their sons had no girls to marry, there would be no daughter-in-law to take care of them in their old age. It wasn’t their sons who were taking care of them in their old age. It was their daughters in law.

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The stunning reversal of humanity's oldest bias [View all] Jilly_in_VA Jun 16 OP

In recent times during the one child policy in China, baby girls were often killed. Irish_Dem Jun 16 #1

Thank you for posting this. CBHagman Jun 16 #2

They finally figured out marybourg Jun 16 #3

no grandchildren, either. mopinko Jun 16 #6

True! marybourg Jun 16 #7

Thank you for this excellent infomation. Nature is rebalancing what the niyad Jun 16 #4

And I, for one, welcome...nay, eagerly await!... ret5hd Jun 16 #5

I promise to submit. Aristus Jun 17 #8