Is there gender biasing in your family?

There is no gender biasing ever found in my family. Both my mom and dad love my two brothers, my sister in the equal way. In the 60s it was quite unfair that most of the girls were not given the opportunities to go to school. However this never happened in my family, my parents did their best to provide us with higher education.

Hi subha12! I have experienced genderbiasing in my family. My brother gets the best of everything even now. I always had to struggle hard in life for everything. I do not regret anything as my life has made me a fighter.

Well, when I was growing up my grandmother always did everything with me and bought me everything. She did more with me than my brother. I think it was because she never had a girl...she had three boys and I think she just treated me like her own child instead of her grandchild. Now, I have a son and she buys a lot of things for him and I really didn't think that she would be as close to him as she is but I think it has something to do with him being my child. Nobody really cares about girl vs. boy on my mom's families side. They treat them all the same.

There is. It happens in our family. Some of my kins do not like our other relatives who are gays and lesbians. They discriminate them in many ways. I just don't like what they're doing.

Hi subha12, I think there is still a little of this in all cultures, but certainly not in most families. Most young people that I know who are considering children hope for a boy and a girl. If they have two girls, they are happy, if it's two boys, they are also happy. I know this is not true in all cultures. Blessings.

I always noticed my parents preferred boys because i was the silly girl..... everything i did, hair and makeup was considered stupid so i tried to be a tomboy and rebel and eventually i became self satisfied. but my mum treated me only when she wanted to show off her girl to her friends... ; i always felt the odd one out! =/

gender bias is a common thing in our country, but luckily there is no trace of it in my family. we are just two sisters and never have i experienced and kind of hurting remarks from wither my parents , or other relatives. although being a girl there are restrictions like you can't stay out of home till late and stuff like that, which sometimes irritates me. but i guess this is the fault of our society, my parents can't really do anything about it!

In our society that is obviously there. But i think now people have started to change their views and it is not there in our family. Actually i am the only child.

Hello dear subha. I think that in most Chinese families, especially in the country, there is gender biasing. You know why? It is because the farmers need more men labour forces to help with the farm work. And also men can have their surnames continue, which is also some case in city families, who value more of boy babies. I think that this is no good at all, the result of which is the gender percentage is not balanced at all, leading more boys than girls. I am wondering how boys will later find their wives when they are old enough to get married. For sure there are more men having to stay single as there are not so many women for them. It is a serious problem in my country. To me, I would like to have both a girl and a boy, which would be a nice thing to have both. Thanks for your discussion.

Being from an Asian country, gender discrimination is not uncommon. However, the situation is not that bad. For my family, I am happy to say that there's no such thing as gender discrimination. My parents dote on me and my brother the same. They are not bias and they do not display special favors to my brother.

in our family, no. boys and girls are treated equally

This is definitely not happening in my family, because my parents actually wanted a boy and a girl. After my brother was born, my parents expected me to be a girl because they really wanted a girl with a boy. Unfortunately, they didn't get what they wished for and they got two boys instead. Too bad my parents had to endure countless "brotherly" fights at home..... =P

Whether people will admit it or not, many are gender biased. I have never, ever in my life heard a man say "Oh I hope to have a daughter someday." "I can't wait to have a daughter." No, they are all about having sons. Girls serve no purpose other than to cook and clean for men. That said, it's not that bad, but there are times, sometimes more subtle than others, when remarks are made, comments overheard, that basically boil down to 'boys are better.' It can be hard not to let that get to you.