They were all 8 in numbers because their parents kept looking for a male-child that will: ❋ Unknown (2009)
Just believe you are not a mistake and that you are not less important than a male-child. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Her stance on the male-child preference in Nigerian culture is positive and I agree with it wholeheartedly. ❋ Unknown (2009)
I truly wonder where this custom of valuing a male-child originated from ... ❋ Unknown (2009)
Her husband had only just returned from one dangerous mission and was about to embark on another, taking with him her remaining male-child. ❋ Gier, Scott (2005)
She was mentally prepared to receive her male-child and told her daughter that her brother would be arriving soon. ❋ Ruchiii (2004)
Her two daughters have become the anguish of her life. i have told her so many times that it does not matter whether u have a male-child or a female-child. ❋ Ruchiii (2004)
Son of the woman, He is "'Son of man"; as male-child, He is Son of God, and Husband of the Church. ❋ Unknown (1871)
If an infant male-child touch them, no blame attaches to them, any more than from contact with a dumb animal; nor if they are compelled from necessity to talk with or touch an old man. ❋ Monier Monier-Williams (1859)
Towards the end of his life, his Lord vouchsafed him a male-child, and that boy grew up and was comely and learned all manner of lore. ❋ Anonymous (1855)
Then he married his cousin, the daughter of his father's brother, and was blessed through her with a male-child, who was the goodliest of the folk of his time. ❋ Anonymous (1855)
'' Only the queen escaped, and in her flight she was delivered of a male-child. ❋ Anonymous (1855)
A few hours afterwards, Mrs Arbuthnot gave birth to a healthy male-child; but the young mother's life, assailed by fever, was for many days utterly despaired of -- for weeks held to tremble so evenly in the balance, that the slightest adverse circumstance might in a moment turn the scale deathward. ❋ Various (1841)
In this 21st century but it baffles me that we still talk about male preference even when traditional roles are being reversed, even when it’s glaring that no child regardless his/her gender or sex should be treated as inferior, some still find it pleasurable to choose the path of “male-child preference”. ❋ Unknown (2009)
A female child is desired by some for wrong reason while some just want to stick to the traditional role of male-child is more important and it’s a must to have … ❋ Unknown (2009)
The next case history demonstrates a grandmother’s male-child focus. ❋ Audrey Ricker (1995)
