重男轻女的投资？

我后来才真正明白，为何古时候的人多数是重男轻女。

In ancient societies, parents (in particular, mothers) were very much dependent on their children (in particular, their sons) for economic support in their old age. There were no retirement homes, assisted living facilities, or social security policies. This was long before people would become dependent on the government for care and protection. Families still provided these goods, and so having children was very important not only for emotional and personal reasons, but economic as well. So a son for this wealthy woman was an all-important desire.

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古代并没有保险、退休金、养老金、投资之类的。男女之间是有着生理上的巨大差别，因此才有男主处，女主内的概念。女人和男人争斗，往往是比较吃亏的。但论尊严，男女是平等的。

369 Man and woman have been created, which is to say, willed by God: on the one hand, in perfect equality as human persons; on the other, in their respective beings as man and woman. “Being man” or “being woman” is a reality which is good and willed by God: man and woman possess an inalienable dignity which comes to them immediately from God their Creator.240 Man and woman are both with one and the same dignity “in the image of God”. In their “being-man” and “being-woman”, they reflect the Creator’s wisdom and goodness.

Catechism of the Catholic Church - PART 1 SECTION 2 CHAPTER 1 ARTICLE 1 PARAGRAPH 6. (2021). Scborromeo.org. http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s2c1p6.htm#III

对现代人而言，不应该有重男轻女的观念。当然，比较喜欢儿子和比较喜欢女儿这种情感还是有的。但公平对待自己的子女的必须的。

我以前听过（或读过），养育子女就像投资一样。而子女不孝，则如同投资失败。当然这说法不全对。因为教育子女是父母的责任，而投资则没有什么能够干涉的。如果子女不孝，有可能是教育的问题，也有可能是父母自身的问题，毕竟言教不如身教。但子女成年后，必须对自己的所作所为负责，因为所有行动的理由是出于自己的决定。

我听过一些例子，父母重男轻女，家产都给儿子，女儿不需要。因为女儿将来嫁人，就是别人家的，外孙都是他人的姓。就这样，儿子变得不需要劳苦，就可以获得大笔的产业。而这样环境长大的儿子，吃不了苦，变成了败家子。常言道，“富不过三代”。因为第一代创业、第二代守业、第三代败家，一代不如一代。可笑的是，产业本来是要留给自家人，结果就是被自家人给败的。

有形的产业是短暂的。留给子女的，应该是智慧。智慧才是财富的源头。若要投资，就应该投资子女内在的智慧。