See every religion and society has its own way to deal with this.. Hindus in India abort their female foetuses whereas the Muslims in Pakistan try to follow Islam and its principals so they keep on having babies one after the other till they get a boy or sometimes the man goes and gets a second wife thinking wrongly (crazy men need a lesson in biology) that its the woman who is responsible for the sex of the baby.. I know and i have seen several such cases where Pakistani couples have as many as 6 to 7 daughters just because they keep on trying for a son.. Some people think that the end justifies the means.. Indians abort the female foetus whereas the Pakistanis keep on having a dozen daughters just to get a son.. In the end, what they both want is a son to carry the family's name and to look after them in their old age and also to bring in the dowry instead of them giving the dowry..