After two daughters, I had my first son. The reaction was different – and revealing | Sophie Brickman

When I asked other parents, each had noticed a very real preference for their sons. My father-in-law only likes photos that feature our boy,' one said

By the time we left the hospital 34 hours after my son, Jules, was born on 14 July, two nurses had commented on the strength of his suck, four friends had written us some version of Finally, you've got your boy!" and even my female obstetrician had commented favorably on the size of his penis. (If you must know, it had to do with the clamp used during his hospital circumcision.)

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