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In Australia, men’s mobilisation around paternity fraud has led to numerous father-favouring changes to family law. Despite this, feminists have been slow to interrogate discrepant paternity discourse. In this paper, I analyse and respond to the empirical and normative assertions contained in the paternity fraud charge.
This article was published in Women’s Studies International Forum 31 (2008): 249–256. You can download a PDF version from my website.
Citations
Who's the father? Rethinking the moral 'crime' of 'paternity fraud', Women's Studies International Forum
Edition 31 (2008) p. 249-256
Who's the father?, Living Ethics
http://www.ethics.org.au/about-ethics/ethics-centre-articles/living-ethics-newsletter/previous-issues/issue-74.html
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