Who's the Father? Rethinking the Moral 'Crime' of 'Paternity Fraud'

25 Aug 2008

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.

Publication History

Who's the father? Rethinking the moral 'crime' of 'paternity fraud', Women's Studies International Forum Edition 31 (2008), pp. 249-256
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Who's the father?, Living Ethics Edition 74 (Summer 2008)
This was an edited version of the original. Living Ethics is the newsletter of the St James Ethics Centre.
http://www.ethics.org.au/about-ethics/ethics-centre-articles/living-ethics-newsletter/previous-issues/issue-74.html

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