Slowly but steadily, Indian Justice system is coming to grips with the availability of modern technology in conclusively proving paternity and non-paternity. There are some hypocrites trying to invent new concepts like social paternity. These concepts may have made sense in medieval times, but not in modern times. In fact, there are only two means by which paternity should be recognised and enforced by the society – biological paternity or paternity through adoption. Anything else is a crime against humanity any which way you consider it.
Here is the essence of the rants of these hypocrites -
“While this is legal consequence of the High Court decision, here are some social impacts of the decision. A group of Indian citizenry is discontent with the decision because they think that now some people will demand the use of DNA test in other cases to prove adultery or paternity fraud creating harassment and social tension. Importantly, all of these cases will psychologically affect the child in question. In Indian society where woman’s single parenthood is yet to recognize, where a child without father’s identity is treated as illegal and huge social stigma is attached with it, when a mother cannot be a legal guardian for admission in educational institutions and for many purposes, the children with such disputes will psychologically suffer a lot. Not because of their own fault but because of their parents, their social position, respect and security will be affected.”
Who is this group of Indian Citizenry that is discontent with the decision? Can they come out in the open and make their claims?
They claim that some people will demand the use of DNA tests to prove adultery. Why not? What is wrong with that? You are ready to convict a rapist based on the DNA tests. Why not convict the father of the adulterous offspring based on the same DNA test?
In most cases of paternity fraud in the Indian context, the illegitimate child is fathered by someone close to the woman who exerts a powerful influence on her. In these cases, the woman who is impregnated illegitimately by him, has no courage or desire to expose the man. For all practical purposes, this can be considered as a rape. Is it OK for the society to let that man who fathered the child through a rape off the hook just because the woman is married to some other unfortunate soul at the time of her illegitimate conception? It is a different matter if the woman and her legally married husband mutually agree not to raise the issues of paternity of the child and raise it in a happy family. But forcing the husband to turn a blind eye to the rape, to the illegitimate conception and to the illegitimate child; is heights of hypocrisy.
Sure, the children who are mistakenly attributed fathers, would suffer severe psychological trauma later in their lives. It is better for everyone concerned to deal with the parentage of the child head on in the early years, so that these children learn to accept their identity early on and deal with it.
Paternity Fraud is a crime committed by two individuals – the biological mother and the biological father. The society must recognise this as a crime. It is a crime against the child, against the society and against God. That the punishment for criminals somehow impacts their children should not be a factor in letting the criminals go off the hook. It has never been done in any society. If we accept that reasoning, then any person who commits a heinous crime like murder should be let off the hook as well, if that person has young children whose interest would be seriously affected by incarcerating that person.
Let us debunk this specious argument once and for all – “in the best interests of the child”. There is no best interest served for the child by concealing the true identity of its biological father. If you are talking in generalities and so concerned about the best interests of the children, there are millions of more deserving children, roaming hungry on the streets of any major city in our country. Go ahead and display all your charity in uplifting those impoverished children.
If your true agenda is protecting the adulterous women from scrutiny, then you stand exposed for supporting the fraud and the sin !!!
Tags: adultery, children of paternity fraud, feminism, paternity fraud
August 12, 2008 at 12:20 am |
“… Not because of their own fault but because of their parents, their social position, respect and security will be affected.”
Look at the hypocrisy – It is not because of “parents”, but because of the “mother” committing paternity fraud. It is the mother who is concealing the identity of the father. For all one may or may not know, the mother may have slept with multiple partners. It is the responsibility of the mother to identify the right father. The fathers may not even know if they fathered the child. It is time, the society places the responsibility for the despicable and cruel act of Paternity Fraud – squarely on the shoulders of the fraudster mother.