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S2E74: Why eldest daughters carry so much weight: An Asian perspective
Being uber-responsible, people-pleasing and a perfectionist are traits that first-born girls in Asia purportedly have.
Synopsis: Every first Friday of the month, The Straits Times catches up with its foreign correspondents about life and trends in the countries they're based in.
A book in Taiwan on the so-called “eldest daughter syndrome” is now a bestseller translated into other languages.
It looks at how many first-born women in the East Asian society struggle with perfectionism, people-pleasing, burnout, anxiety and other mental health struggles. This often arises from the…
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