Discrimination of the sex of a child has been a bone of contention for centuries. Women have suffered in the hands of their husbands and in-laws for giving birth to a particular sex (Female). Perhaps a lot of these issues has to do with culture and believes. In Africa, the need to have a male child is very important as some feel there is a need to have continuity in their family name which only a male child can offer considering that the female child loses her father’s name once married. Male are also seen as “capable to rule, organize and put things in order should there be issues in the family” Educated men somehow neglect the scientific research that explains that the chromosomes of the male determine the sex of a child. The males have the XY while the female has XX and the Male sperm produce either the X or Y chromosome which when matched with the Female X determine the sex of the child.
Some of the recent researches show that daughters care more for their parents. Also a study shows that 41% of young men require financial assistance from their parents as compared to 31% of their female counter parts, this means daughters are more independent than sons. Some people believe masculinity beat femininity. “Males are superior in anything and everything”
Even in the animal kingdom the male dominate. These views may be derived from the natural order as shown in types of work (Manual) that men and women engage in and of course the female disposition. However, it is believed that Males causes most of the societal problems ranging from thuggery, armed robbery, kidnapping and so on. The list is endless.

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