Other reasons include patrilineal customs whereby only sons can carry on the family name, the obligation to pay dowry to a daughter's husband or his family, and the expectation that sons will support their birth parents financially while it is regarded as undesirable or shameful to receive financial support from daughters.
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In 1850 a special Act of Parliament was passed that legally proscribed singular "they" and "he or she" in favor of "he".
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