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Sons & lovers by dh lawrence5/19/2023 In many cultures, the surname of the family means "son of", indicating a possible ancestry-i.e., that the whole family descends from a common ancestor. Some Japanese social norms involving the eldest son are: "that parents are more likely to live with their eldest child if their eldest child is a son" and "that parents are most likely to live with their eldest son even if he is not the eldest child". For example, in Biblical times, the first-born male was bequeathed the most goods from his father. In some cultures, the eldest son has special privileges. In patrilineal societies, sons will customarily inherit an estate before daughters. This was attributed to a number of factors, including the illegal practice of sex-selective abortion and widespread under-reporting of female births. Official birth records showed a rise in the level of male births since the policy was brought into law. In China, a one-child policy was in effect until 2015 in order to address rapid population growth. In pre-industrial societies and some current countries with agriculture-based economies, a higher value was, and still is, assigned to sons rather than daughters, giving males higher social status, because males were physically stronger, and could perform farming tasks more effectively.
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