Give reasons, why boys and girls are given more importance than girls in many societies?

Ans. Boys are given more importance than girls in many societies. The preferences to given to the birth of boy than girls, boys considered that continuity depend upon boy not on the girls, who will leave family after their marriage. The birth of the female child is considered a liability in the because her total expenditure borne by her parents since birth to death especially on her marriage. So we can conclude by this discussion that boys are given more preference than girls.