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@lianna@mastodon.gamedev.place Yeah I've heard that claim go around, and it always seemed like a leap. Occam's razor has simpler explanations:
Traditional patterns of reproduction really explain it all pretty simply, both the cost of a family taking on the child that the daughter births and the disappointment in a son that isn't out there engaging in reproductive behaviors.
No need to go into any deeper psychology than that. It's just people hung up on the old ways when reproduction was so critical to survival.
