Growing up my biggest grouse was that my mother expected me to do all the housework while my brother escaped scot-free. Of course my mother had a ready excuse:
"He is left-handed."
So?
So he did not have to grind the dosa batter or do the coffee grinding or clean the table or learn to cook or mop the floor or any of the hateful thousand tasks my mother lined up for me.
My mother, whenever confronted, denies being more indulgent towards her son. But science is on my side. Here is the article from Guardian that confirms my suspicion: Mothers are more hard on their daughters irrespective of their origin.
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