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This thread is very interesting. I have read a couple of theories that suggest that the reason that people prefer to adopt girls over boys is that adopted girls are easier to accept as family becasue it does not involve any male competition. As well, the theory states that society is simply more socially conditioned to accept girls as family - without biological ties - easier than they accept boys - this trend traces back, at least in the Western world, to Medieval times when it became common place for lineage and familia wealth to be passed down through the male lines. Also, men always keep their last names and women are the ones who end up morphing into a new family; therefore, the theory assumes that society is just more accepting of women into families without blood ties.
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