Having no daughter or daughters; a person or family that lacks a female child or offspring.
From 'daughter' combined with the suffix '-less' (meaning without or lacking), creating an adjective that indicates the absence of daughters.
In many historical societies, being 'daughterless' was actually seen as better than being 'sonless' because daughters could marry into wealth, while sons were expected to inherit—but this complicated inheritance systems dramatically.
Historically, being 'daughterless' was a marked social condition, often framed as loss or failure in patrilineal cultures where sons preserved family name and property; it reflects a gendered devaluation of female offspring.
Avoid language that frames the absence of children by gender as a deficit. Use 'childless' if the relevant meaning is simply not having offspring.
["childless","without children"]
Women's historical devaluation when not bearing sons has been weaponized in discrimination; reclaiming reproductive autonomy includes rejecting gendered language that encodes sons' privilege.
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