Reply To: Are sons more desirable than daughters?

I used to wonder why it was that boys were considered more of a simchas than girls. When i heard a devar torah on birchas hashachar, the speaker said the reason boys say “shelo asani isha” is to thank Hashem that He has given him the ability to do more mitzvohs than girls have. This is probably the reason it is “more of a simcha” by a boy. But it does make me feel a bit annoyed (?) when i hear these stories of ta’naim, amora’im…who were so upset/saddened by teh birth of a daughter.