Some developing nations have social and cultural patterns that reflects adult discrimination to favor boys over girls for their future potential to contribute to the household production level.

They are the casualties of China's one-child policy, still strictly enforced in China's largest cities though weakening elsewhere, and ancient traditions that favor boys.

Life favored stupid rebellious boys.

A spokesman for the State Education Department, Christopher Carpenter, acknowledged that the previous system had favored boys.

The education of the girl child is particularly problematic in this area where the culture favors boys and men.

According to a 2011 Gallup poll, American parents favor boys by a 40% to 28% margin.

Was it possible that even in the United States, even in 2003, parents favor boys in a way that has lifelong implications?

In fact, they had nine children because the first six were girls and his mother, like most Indians, favored boys.

Contrary to his assertions, schools already favor boys.