male child craving

A woman is said to have died shortly after giving birth to a baby girl in a hospital in Muyuka. She had been hoping to have a male child at least and when she had another girl bringing the number of girls to five, she suffered from shock and disappointment.Eye witness accounts say immediately she delivered the baby, she asked to know the baby's sex and when she was told that it was a girl, she shouted: 'I don die oh' meaning, i am dead! She collapsed and died.

This story was sent to our newsroom by a correspondent.I am worried!. Why did this woman exclaim that she is dead? Where did her male child craving come from, herself, her husband, family or community?