Friday, 1 August 2008
When did you last see your father?
A worrying article, although one with somewhat comic overtones, in the Guardian today shows that in one in five paternity claims handled by the Child Support Agency the mothers misidentified the father. The CSA does not know whether the mothers deliberately or inadvertantly misidentify the fathers. I wonder which is worse? Forgetting who the father is or deliberately deceiving a man about his role as a father? Or is it a combination of the two with the woman guessing who the father (probably) is and tempering this with a bit of calculation about who would make the better provider. Makes you wonder where we all really come from. Is this a specifically British and recent phenomeon or is it more global and long established?
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This is absolutely disgusting, and I feel that if proven to be deliberate, then these women should be punished in every bit a way as a dead beat dad is punished.
It makes things so much more difficult for honest single mothers to try and obtain child support from the deadbeat dads.
I despise opportunistic women like that.
Well you'd be very surprised! I found this whole subject very interesting and was amazed by the revelations in this book: http://www.amazon.com/Sperm-Wars-Science-Robin-Baker/dp/0788160044
According to Baker it would appear that for many women competing sperm from two or more men is actually a reproductive strategy.
Little wonder then that in many cases they are unable or indeed unwilling to discern the true identity of the father.
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