Totally. In bigger families, girls get bonus points, and the oldest usually does too. In my Irish-American family, traditionally younger boys are fodder for the

Totally. In bigger families, girls get bonus points, and the oldest usually does too. In my Irish-American family, traditionally younger boys are fodder for the army or priesthood. This stuff is all cultural. Girls are seen as (and in reality are) more vulnerable in general, and in many cultures primogeniture was the norm and "feels right" at some level. As society progressed, inheritance isn't so strict, and women are empowered to live as full citizens. But the old cultural norms are still baked in. Alot of the madness in our current society is the collision of the modern world with assumptions.