why did women ought to have a baby boy before in China? A man can protect his family and take a safe sense for his family, and he can pass his blood to the next generation, and the next generation can be named after his family name. but if be a girl, she may not name his baby after her family name. All of this is traditional thought in accident time, now people's mind has changed. They think it is the same to have a baby boy and a baby girl.