Why do many families still have the idea of having boys?

Although it is now 2 1 century, it is reasonable to say that human civilization should reach an unprecedented height in history, but there are still many families in China who think it is necessary to have a boy. And this is not only the idea of rural families, but also the idea of old people with high intellectuals and even some rich people in many cities. Why is this?

In fact, this is mainly caused by China people's deep-rooted traditional feudal thought. There are four reasons. First, China has a deep-rooted concept that there are three kinds of unfilial, and there is no need to be filial. What about this? After that? It means giving birth to children with their own surname to continue their fragrance. In China, children have always taken their father's surname since ancient times. So even if there is a daughter, the daughter's child will only take her husband's surname, not her own surname, so they feel it necessary to have a son, so that the son of that son can continue his blood. Secondly, there is an old saying in China, that is, raise children to prevent old age, in case there is no one to take care of yourself when you get old. Then why not raise a daughter to prevent old age and a child to prevent old age? It's because in China people's mind, a daughter is going to get married after all, and when she gets married, she belongs to someone else's house. My son came back with his daughter-in-law, and brought back a daughter-in-law who can help the family in the future. Older people generally live with their sons, not their daughters-in-law. Therefore, some people in China, especially the elderly, feel that they must have a son.

Third, some rich people have a big family business and need a son to inherit it. Because in their bones, they think that their daughters are used to pamper themselves and their sons are used to inherit the family business, bear the pressure and help carry forward the enterprise. Moreover, China people think that women are not as physically strong as men in the workplace, so it is necessary to have a son who is a man, his own family career and his own hard work to maintain well. Finally, in some remote and backward rural areas, some people have the idea that there should be as many men as possible in a family. In this way, we can not only have an advantage in rural areas where we live by labor, but also have an advantage in physical strength when we have conflicts with other families and need to be consistent with the outside world. To put it bluntly, men are strong and easy to work, and they will fight if something happens.

Because in some rural areas, in fact, we don't talk about any academic qualifications or skills, because we don't need or use them. Therefore, strength is the key factor to determine status, which is why we can see that many rural families, even if their families are poor, have to have five or six or even 10 children with eight children until they give birth to a son.