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It is a long-standing bias. Twenty years ago I would let my daughters go to "sleep-overs" where there were mothers only. Besides the obvious bias, I usually "knew" the mothers -- we had met at PTO, dance class waiting rooms, etc. The fathers were never seen and totally unknown.
In fact, my daughters were VERY popular because they had a mother only! We had a girl's night slumber party every New Year's Eve so that the married couples could go out and celebrate without having to pay a sitter. Several times I was told by mothers how they "always knew their girls would be safe with us" -- because there was no father, no brothers, not even a male dog on the premises!
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 Mother to Sissy - my Mayan Princess (over 25) - International Adoption
Mother to Sassy - my Spanish Princess (over 25) - International Adoption
 Mother to Spiderman (age 6) - domestic open adoption of relative
Grandmother to Pink Princess (age 3) - She rules my heart! 
Retired from my job, but haven't quit working!
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