Question

In our society the women are often blamed for giving birth to daughters. Can you explain why this is not correct?

Answer 1

Hint: The gender of an individual is decided by the genes the offspring inherits from the parents. The father can donate either a Y chromosome or a X chromosome. The mother can only donate an X chromosome. If the offspring receives two X chromosomes, they're going to be female. If the offspring inherits an X and a Y chromosome, they're going to be male.

Complete answer:
There is a \[50\% \] chance that the subsequent child is going to be a boy because it entirely depends upon the chromosome of the sperm which fertilizes the ovum. Each pregnancy features a \[50\% \] chance of leading to a boy or girl and this doesn't include the likelihood of multiples. This is because of the fact that the sperm from the male parent contains one X and one Y chromosome. So, the sex determination is a pure chance event and is decided by the male gamete.

Note:
 In our society women are always falsely accused of giving birth to daughters. Thus, mothers are wrongly blamed for this and is one of the leading causes for female feticides in rural areas of developing countries.
Aminiocentesis is a foetal sex determination test based on the chormosomal pattern in the amniotic fluid surrounding the developing embryo.