oleorun@real.lemmy.fanM to Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 1 month agoMom of child dead from measles: “Don’t do the shots,” my other 4 kids were finearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1307arrow-down15cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
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minus-squareMedicsOfAnarchy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·1 month agoWhile this is a tragic death, I wonder if the parents would have reacted differently if a son had died?
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoHadn’t even considered this… Probably. If this is the same family I’m thinking of, they’re Mennonites, and it wouldn’t surprise me if a culture/religion that conservative puts far more value in male offspring than female.
While this is a tragic death, I wonder if the parents would have reacted differently if a son had died?
Hadn’t even considered this… Probably. If this is the same family I’m thinking of, they’re Mennonites, and it wouldn’t surprise me if a culture/religion that conservative puts far more value in male offspring than female.