Who's Your Daddy?

 

Arp!

The State of Ohio is considering a law requiring hospitals to offer DNA paternity testing for any child born out of wedlock. A similar law in Tennessee died in committee.

In the name of men’s rights, this should be the law everywhere. But the current proposal does not go far enough. Every child should be paternity-tested at birth.

There is an obvious inequality of the sexes. The woman always knows the child is hers, and probably also who the father is. The man never does. This allows a dishonest woman to entrap a man into raising and paying for a child that is not his.

This has been a crucial problem throughout history, and the reason for many of the traditions restricting the two sexes. This is where, for example, the traditional term “cuckold” or “cuck” comes from. It is a much greater concern in the current climate, of relatively unrestricted sex and unstable marital relationships.

For millennia, there was not much a man could do other than hope and pray. Now, thanks to medicine, we have the simple solution: test all children. Now both man and woman can be on equal terms.

All states currently take a DNA sample from every newborn to check for congenital diseases. It should be no bigger deal to also test for paternity. As a matter of course. So long as it is done as a matter of course, the testing need not lead to any conflict in the relationship. Any woman who is honest ought to welcome this; knowing with certainty the child is his will cement her husband’s commitment to her and the family.

Yet, interestingly, feminist organizations are up in arms, demanding such bills not pass. This amounts to an admission of common guilt. Women know they can get away with this, and it is to their reproductive advantage: marry or just tag the guy with the big income, and continue to have sex with any guy who is better-looking.

And it certainly happens. Various studies suggest that, 28-32% of the time, when the test is done, the man tagged turns out not to be the father.

One might object that this figure is skewed by the fact that, given the current legal situation, there must have been some initial doubt for a paternity test to have been done. But one could as easily argue the other way—it is taking a risk with your relationship, and it is costly, to demand a paternity test. And a woman who is guilty will be most adamant in refusing one. Accordingly, it isas likely the real percentage is higher.

What about the rights of the child? I have heard that argument. You must not test, because it is not in the child’s interest.

Bollocks.

It is every child’s right to know their father.