Drama as Nigerians debate online after man claims daughters don’t count as “real children”

• A viral comment on social media has ignited a furious debate after a woman suggested that “daughters are not real children” and advised men to marry multiple wives if their first produced multiple girls.
• The comment was made in response to a post advising men to have at least one daughter for support in old age, a post the woman countered by warning that sons may abandon their fathers in the hospital.
• The controversial statement drew instant backlash, with users emphasizing that the man’s chromosome determines a baby’s sex,

A comment suggesting that “daughters are not real children” and advising men to marry multiple wives if their first wife gives birth to six girls has ignited a furious debate across Nigerian social media.

The highly controversial statement was posted in response to an original thread advising men to have at least one daughter for old age. The woman who posted the comment warned that sons often abandon their fathers in the hospital while rushing off to help friends who are in trouble.

The comment that truly set off the massive backlash was the sarcastic follow-up:

“[M]en to marry multiple wives if their first wife gives birth to six girls — because, according to her, ‘daughters are not real children, real men birth sons.'”