From rural areas to cities, from old people with little education to young people with higher education, "son preference" is still a common phenomenon. "Preference for boys over girls" is a feudal idea. Now is the new era of the new society, and the country has been vigorously advocating "the same is true for having children, and daughters are also passed on to future generations." But why is the concept of "son preference" still popular? In addition to the concept has not changed, the author believes that there are the following objective reasons.

One: the demand for labor

China is a big agricultural country, farmers are still the main body of this society, and agricultural mechanization has not been popularized for various reasons. Farming, farming and carrying burdens are mostly manual labor, and farmers' families are in urgent need of manual workers who can do heavy work. Due to the different physiological structures between men and women, women's physical strength is obviously inferior to that of men. It is not difficult to understand that for farmers who need strong labor, it is better to have sons than daughters. Especially when parents are old and can no longer undertake physical labor, the son who can provoke the burden of the family is their strongest reliance.

Second, the status of women in society and family is still significantly lower than that of men.

Although equal pay for equal work for men and women has been achieved, the status of women has been improved again and again, and the Law on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests has been promulgated, but can women really hold up half the sky as some people say? It is an undeniable fact that men are still the masters of this society today when equality between men and women is advocated.

The third is the feudal thought that mothers prefer sons to daughters. If a mother gives birth to a boy, her position in the family will improve, but if she gives birth to a girl, she will have no position. Therefore, ancient women also preferred sons to daughters.