Fiona McCade: Who run the world? First-born girls

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2. great, more fodder for first-born bigots.

while this is interesting from a scientific perspective, and i recognize that such things are important to understand on a societal level, i know far too many people, invariably first-borns themselves, who strut around telling others how best to live their lives and acting as if they're superior to everyone else.

admittedly this has struck a never as my brother is precisely one of these people. he has many friends and virtually *all* of them are also first-borns. some of his friends are quite decent people, but many of them also look down on anyone who is not themselves a first-born.