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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

While this is a tragic death, I wonder if the parents would have reacted differently if a son had died?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Hadn't even considered this... Probably. If this is the same family I'm thinking of, they're Mennonites, and it wouldn't surprise me if a culture/religion that conservative puts far more value in male offspring than female.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago