The emotional burden of older sisters: 'I'm strong, I prefer to suffer for others'
- Posted on November 17, 2024
- By Le Monde
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The emotional burden of older sisters: 'I'm strong, I prefer to suffer for others'
As first-born siblings, some girls feel they have a duty to listen to and care for their younger siblings. This role, also nourished by literary and cinematic representations, is by no means inevitable and can be reinvented in adulthood.