Abstract: The traditional conception of son preference is the primary reason of the high sex ratio at birth in China. Women are victims of the son preference tradition，and they have experienced many life events of gender inequality throughout their life courses. How did these events affect women's gender conceptions? Based on the theory of life course，this paper explores the influence of women's life course on their boy preference by analyzing the 2016 survey data on family and fertility. Results indicate that the effects of these gender inequality events in different stages of women's life would accumulate，making women gradually perceive their unequal status in family and society，which increases the probability of women's son preference. Moreover，the timing and the sequence of these events would also exert an influence on women's son preference. In the end，this paper proposes some policy recommendations for weakening women's son preference based on the research findings.

Keywords: Sex Ratio at Birth, Son Preference, Life Course Theory, Life Events, Gender Equality

摘要： 男孩偏好是导致我国人口出生性别比升高的根本原因。妇女是男孩偏好传统的受 害者，她们的生命历程中经历了许多基于性别的差别待遇事件。这些事件会对妇女自身的性别观念 产生什么样的影响? 文章以生命历程理论为理论框架，通过对调查数据和资料的分析，研究妇女生命 历程中的事件对其男孩偏好的影响。研究结果表明，在妇女生命历程各个不同阶段中，她们所经历的 一系列基于性别的差别性待遇的影响会不断累积，让她们逐渐感知到两性在家庭、社会中所处的不平 等地位，从而增加妇女发生男孩偏好的可能性。甚至这些经历和事件发生的时间、次序，都会对妇女 的男孩偏好产生影响。在此基础上，文章提出弱化妇女男孩偏好的政策建议。

关键词: 出生性别比, 男孩偏好, 生命历程理论, 生命事件, 性别平等