Why I'm calling Bullsh*t on Eldest daughter syndrome
by Suzannah Ramsdale
May 02, 2024
2 minutes
As soon as I agreed to write this piece, I metaphorically began to rub my hands together with glee. Finally! My chance to catalogue all the injustices that have befallen me as an eldest daughter. The sacrifices I’ve made! The burden I carry! How put-upon I have been! Some might even call me heroic, I thought.
‘Eldest daughter and also a girl?’ It refers to the weight and pressure eldest daughters are often bestowed with by their family — real or imagined. The pressure to succeed, to achieve, to guide the other siblings in the right direction: we’re supposed to set an example. It’s all really very burdensome.
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