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Sign in to save250px|thumb|A 1931 photograph of four generations of mothers and daughters thumb|250px|Pierre Mayer with his daughter Constance Mayer, painted by Constance Mayer A daughter is a female offspring; a girl or a woman in relation to her parents. Daughterhood is the state, condition or quality of being someone's daughter. The male counterpart is a son. Analogously the name is used in several areas to show relations between groups or elements. From biological perspective, a daughter is a first degree relative. The word daughter also has several other connotations attached to it, one of these being u
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A daughter is a female child or woman in relation to her parents, representing a fundamental family relationship. The concept matters because it describes one of the most basic human kinship bonds and is used both literally in families and analogously in other contexts to describe relationships between groups or elements.
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250px|thumb|A 1931 photograph of four generations of mothers and daughters thumb|250px|Pierre Mayer with his daughter Constance Mayer, painted by Constance Mayer A daughter is a female offspring; a girl or a woman in relation to her parents. Daughterhood is the state, condition or quality of being someone's daughter. The male counterpart is a son. Analogously the name is used in several areas to show relations between groups or elements. From biological perspective, a daughter is a first degree relative. The word daughter also has several other connotations attached to it, one of these being used in reference to a female descendant or consanguinity. It can also be used as a term of endearment coming from an elder.
In patriarchal societies, daughters often have different or lesser familial rights than sons. A family may prefer to have sons rather than daughters and subject daughters to female infanticide. In some societies, it is the custom for a daughter to be 'sold' to her husband, who must pay a bride price. The reverse of this custom, where the parents pay the husband a sum of money to compensate for the financial burden of the woman and is known as a dowry. The payment of a dowry can be found in societies where women do not labour outside the home.