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by crzwdjk 2827 days ago
I would think that the reason few women are "Juniors" is because the assumption is that they will likely marry and lose the family name anyway. I'm not actually sure what happens to the suffix when Sue Smith Jr, daughter of Sue Smith Sr. becomes Sue Roberts or whatever, but presumably the suffix is dropped at that point since it is no longer needed for disambiguation.