In our country, daughters tend to be the caretakers of their parents. While that for sure is not always the case, it is what I have witnessed more often than not. Many of my girlfriends are the ones that take their parents and in-laws to the doctor, visit them when they are shut in or in a nursing home and make many of the long-term care decisions.
I find men to be compassionate in these situations, but often in more practical ways. I found I picked up on nuances with my mom during her last years. My brother never really heard the tone of her voice and the look in her eye, just the words she spoke. And she was always trying to buck up and avoid your pity — so he missed a lot of what was really going on. He was wonderful though in other ways — fixing her things, helping her with finances. We all show love in different ways, but I think a daughter is more apt to be the one helping to change the adult diaper, wipe the drool, change the bedsheets, etc... And we all know we may need that one day.
That’s all true, but my point is that what ass backward countries choose to do fits in nicely with the liberal tenet that girls aren’t wanted, when, in fact, Americans are lining up and paying top dollar for girls, and don’t want the boys.