To ask why little girls seem to be preferred?

[foxtaildream]

Is it just me who has noticed this?

I’ve got two girls. I got much sympathy from people when they found out DC2 was another girl... ‘never mind, maybe a boy next time’. So no, I haven’t encountered the attitude that girls are better.

I have 2 boys and I am also sick of the "oh what a shame" comments. I wanted boys and if I have another child I will be keeping my fingers crossed for a boy.

I have girls, didn't have a preference.
The only 'I wish I had a girl' comments were because the mum's have said how nice ir.must be to choose from the list and varied clothes.
They found boys clothes all very samey.
So really, rather shallow reasons, nothing really profound.

I prefer girls though, but only because I prefer my children to anyone else’s children and they happen to be girls

I think girls are seen as quieter and easier to parent as children. Teenage girls though...

The Kardashians certainly prefer girls.

Really OP??

KindergartenKop they obviously haven’t met my DD2...

I quite wanted a girl to help smash the patriarchy.

Ideas over the moon that my first was a boy. We both really wanted a son. For the next pregnancy though we reverted to the me wanting a girl and him wanting a boy. We got twin girls!
For me I wanted a girl to have what I didn't have already. My husband wanted sons because he thinks girls will cause him more stress.

Clearly it's a thing - so many agree with me.

Ha Ha, my auto correct is crap
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what are you on about?

I’ve got two girls. I got much sympathy from people when they found out DC2 was another girl... ‘never mind, maybe a boy next time’. So no, I haven’t encountered the attitude that girls are better.

Surely that’s not about preferring one sex over the other but an assumption that you would have liked one of each?

I notice it all the time on here and it sets my teeth on edge. All this mythical bollocks about close mother daughter relationships and how awful and nasty boys are. I have both boys and girls btw and didn't find out what I was having with any of them. No gender disappointment here, just sheer gratitude at finally carrying dc to full term. I haven't been aware of in IRL though with any of my friends.

I don’t know, why would people assume I’d like one of each? I’d never expressed that preference?

I do think there is a preference to have 1 of each if having 2 kids. I personally think if only having 2 the same gender is preferable be it boys or girls.

I do think some social media has made having babies almost like an accessory so in those cases a girl might be preferred for fashion options.

I’ve never come across this either. Had zero preference either way with my first although I did want to know the sex - that was more curiosity and it making the small passenger more real somehow.
Now expecting my second and again, zero preference. I just want to have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby.

Incidentally the sonography lady wouldn’t tell us the sex (we knew anyway) - some sort of what if you don’t like it and abort rubbish I think. Which I found pretty insulting.

Is this the kind of people who want little mini me type babies? Like I want to dress her up in frothy pink things and we can be besties and go for our nails done type relationship (massively judgemental? Moi?)

I remember telling someone I was having a boy and they replied with "oh well, that's still nice".

I agree in western cultures having a girl is seen as preferable.

Hmmm... I’m not sure world trends and history agree with you...

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_infanticide

I have 2 adult sons. I did notice when I had my first that my fellow expectant mothers seemed to have a preference for a girl - didn't think much of it. What I noticed more though was that when we had our second, my fellow EMs all wanted the opposite sex and were ... sympathetic ... when I had DS2.

It's odd but all my friends, my DB and my SILs had one (or more) of each. Just me with my two boys - luv 'em.

They all seemed - I dunno - vaguely superior about it, as if it were an achievement. I have never understood why.

I have a DS. I’m expecting a DD. So many people have told me I have ‘the perfect combo’ - I honestly couldn’t care less!

I’ve never noticed this!

I wanted a boy and got my wish first time.

I've noticed that most people posting about gender disappointment are expecting boys when they wanted girls. I had a vague preference when I was pregnant with ds1 (I wanted a girl to dress up in pretty dresses and do fancy things with her hair). With my others I didn't care, I just wanted a baby.