"Amar Hamoudi and Jenna Nobles posit that because female embryos tend to be hardier than male embryos, daughters are more likely to come of relationships that are already in some sort of turmoil during pregnancy"
Girls Don't Cause Divorce - - Family Law Prof Blog
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No, daughters do not really cause divorce - Salon.com
Which adds, "Hamoudi and Nobles take pains to point out, their study indicates the need for a change in how demographic research is conducted. Typically, Hamoudi said, population studies begin at birth, but this new research illustrates that other factors could always be in play before a child is born."
. . . "It might also be a better way to think about divorce trends, instead of diminishing complex family issues to fit normative beliefs about men and women. Again, it’s inherently reductive to suggest that girls cause divorce because fathers don’t really want daughters; the assumption doesn’t do much to help anyone understand anything."
Citing the original study:
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