Why are some mothers so hard on their daughters but spoil their sons? /u/astarisaslave No such thing as stupid questions

You sometimes hear about mothers who are super strict with and have high expectations of their daughters (particularly if their daughter is the firstborn). They expect the daughters to absolutely kill it in school and in the household helping them with chores and take no shit from them. But then these mothers have sons and all that doesn’t apply to them. The sons don’t have to do chores, gets whatever they want, get only a slap on the wrist when they don’t do well in school, and when they misbehave the mom tends to take their side and even enables them. Then when the kids grow up the son grows up to be a lazy spoiled bum and the high functioning sister becomes resentful from having to deal with her brother’s bullshit. Why do some mothers treat their kids like this?

You sometimes hear about mothers who are super strict with and have high expectations of their daughters (particularly if their daughter is the firstborn). They expect the daughters to absolutely kill it in school and in the household helping them with chores and take no shit from them. But then these mothers have sons and all that doesn’t apply to them. The sons don’t have to do chores, gets whatever they want, get only a slap on the wrist when they don’t do well in school, and when they misbehave the mom tends to take their side and even enables them. Then when the kids grow up the son grows up to be a lazy spoiled bum and the high functioning sister becomes resentful from having to deal with her brother’s bullshit. Why do some mothers treat their kids like this?