odds of "daughtering out" double every time you reduce family size by one 2 kids is 1/4 chance vs 1/16 chance for 5 patriarchy is trad but so is transmission of family expertise / caste responsibility
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whether it's a business, a cultural tradition like hunting or literature, a literary legacy: a father is strongly inclined to train at least one of his children to carry on his way of life, and w/o suitable male scion he will default to daughter
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(btw this suggests that earlier marriage could roll back some of the damage: if he has an adolescent son-in-law to take under his wing, no incentive to push daughter into masculine specialization)
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