Women with brothers, growing up did you notice any differences in how your parents raised and treated you and them? What are they?

Grew up with 2 brothers and 4 sisters. All girls were helping around the house, babysitting, cooking, cleaning for the rest of the family/ when guests come over by the age of 10. My brothers were made to do the mowing of the lawn...and that's basically it. The thing is, my older bro was out doing his own thing all the time, and the youngest bro was just a kid, so guess who else also helped dad fix stuff around the house, mow the lawn, help fix houses to be flipped? The daughters.

Still, my brothers were never expected to help the women cook or clean or serve food. Classic SE asian family, daughters are seen as people who are going to leave the family, while sons are the ones who stay. Sometimes it feels like I've been trying to be the best daughter AND son for my parents as a way to show them I am dependable. Not to say that my parents don't pressure my brothers in ways they don't to their daughters. Get married and show your face at family events. Sometimes tho it's like they have the bare minimum expectations for my brothers, but expect daughters to be much more. My parents would say they didn't treat us differently, but the expectations for their daughters and son were different and it was clear, at least to their kids.

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