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Thanks Shani, though that was why I was asking the question in the first place... to see how much the men actually mean what they are talking about (e.g. how much they would really interfere in their daughter's lives, if they could get away with it).
Of course, I can't imagine anyone literally locking up their daughters until they are 30. But I never hear about parents wanting to lock up their sons, even as a joke, so it just bothers me somehow that there is so much emphasis on the daughters being "protected" while the sons are usually just advised to "keep it wrapped" if they must, but otherwise have fun, etc. I don't see daughters as being any more "precious" than sons... I certainly wasn't, since I was probably more devious than the average boy (as you yourself mentioned, hehe) from a much younger age. My "sweetness" was gone before my parents even had time to mark the transition... if I ever was "sugar and spice" in the first place.
I guess what I am wondering about is not the desire to protect your children, in general... I understand that, from the point of view that you are espousing. But I don't understand the unequal view towards sons and daughters--that daughters are more "precious" somehow. It bothers me, that's all.
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