Sister

A sister refers to the female offspring of one's parent.

Overview

The term sister comes from Old Norse systir which itself derives from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, both of whom have the same meaning, i.e. sister. Some studies have found that sisters display more traits indicating jealousy around their siblings than their male counterparts, brothers.^[1] In some cultures, sisters are afforded a role of being under the protection by male siblings, especially older brothers from issues ranging from bullies or sexual advances by womanizers.^[2]

References

^ Volling, B. L.; McElwain, N.L.; Miller, A.L. (2002). "Emotion Regulation in Context: The Jealousy Complex between Young Siblings and its Relations with Child and Family Characteristics". Child Development 73 (2): 581–600.
^ Handbook of Cultural Psychiatry - Page 67, Wen-Shing Tseng - 2001

External links

The dictionary definition of sister at Wiktionary

Family

History Household Nuclear family Extended family Conjugal family Matrifocal family Blended family Dysfunctional family Polyfidelitous families

Immediate family	Spouse Husband Wife Parent Father Mother Child Son Daughter Sibling Brother Sister

Extended family	Grandparent Grandchild Aunt Uncle Cousin Nephew and niece Common ancestor

Family-in-law	Parents-in-law Mother-in-law Father-in-law Sister-in-law Brother-in-law Siblings-in-law Son-in-law Daughter-in-law Children-in-law

Kinship	Adoption Affinity Consanguinity Disownment Divorce Estrangement Fictive kinship Marriage Nurture kinship

Lineage	Bilateral descent Family name Family tree Genealogy Heirloom Heredity Inheritance Matrilineality Patrilineality Pedigree chart Progenitor

Relationships	Agape (parental love) Eros (marital love) Filial piety Philia (friendly love) Storge (familial love)

Stepfamily	Stepparents Stepmother Stepfather Half-sister Half-brother Half-siblings Stepson Stepdaughter Stepchildren Step-grandfather Step-grandmother

Theories	Anti-Oedipus Kommune 1

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