Daughter
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 Daughter facts

• Daughterhood is the state of being someone's daughter
• The male counterpart is a son
• Analogously the name is used in several areas to show relations between groups or elements
• In patriarchal societies, daughters often have different or lesser familial rights than sons
• A family may prefer to have sons rather than daughters, with the daughters subjected to female infanticide
• In some societies it is the custom for a daughter to be 'sold' to her husband, who must pay a bride price
• The reverse of this custom, where the parents pay the husband a sum of money to compensate for the financial burden of the woman, is found in societies where women do not labour outside the home, and is referred to as dowry
• In the United States, the birth rate is 105 sons to 100 daughters which has been the natural birth rate since the 18th century
• About 80 percent of prospective adoptive parents from the US will choose a girl over a boy