To add to this, it wasn't simply out of some abstract "legacy". China was poor as fuck back then, and sons were the parents' retirement. Single women were/are useless, and married women would be too busy taking care of her husband's family/children. Her own parents would be screwed if they only had a daughter.
To add to this, it wasn't simply out of some abstract "legacy". China was poor as fuck back then, and sons were the parents' retirement. Single women were/are useless, and married women would be too busy taking care of her husband's family/children. Her own parents would be screwed if they only had a daughter.