Son

In pre-industrial societies and some current countries with agriculture-based economies, a higher value was, and still is, assigned to sons rather than daughters, giving males higher social status, because males were physically stronger, and could perform farming tasks more effectively.

In China, a one-child policy was in effect until 2015 in order to address rapid population growth.

This was attributed to a number of factors, including the illegal practice of sex-selective abortion and widespread under-reporting of female births.

[citation needed] In patrilineal societies, sons will customarily inherit an estate before daughters.

It is a retronym, given upon the birth of one's first-born son, and is used as a moniker to indicate the newly acquired fatherhood status, rather than a family name.