differences between having sex and fathering a child

Turner v. Rogers and child-support enforcement proceedings don’t recognize differences between having sex and fathering a child.


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the paternity information economy

Biological paternity is socially valued only as a means for making a man pay child support when a child-support payer cannot otherwise be established.


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social fundamentals: paternity uncertanty

False paternity or extra-pair paternity, defined as a man falsely believing himself to be the biological father of a child, covers about 5% of children in high-income Western countries.


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