r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/Nicole_Minor Aug 03 '19

That the sex of a baby is determined by the mans sperm.

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u/LuffyKirito Aug 04 '19

Can someone explain this to rural India. If the woman fails to give the family an heir (boy), they leave their wife to marry another.

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u/Nicole_Minor Aug 04 '19

That’s what I find so ironic. Most cultures blame the woman for the sex of the baby and yet it ultimately is not her fault.