Quote From: cristoI was shocked at the sample statistic that 30% of 'fathers' have been cuckolded without their knowledge. While I'm skeptical of this statistic, it does seem that this type of behaviour happens to a lot more folks than the losers that show up on Maury Povich. If the problem is really this widespread, it sounds like there should be mandatory DNA testing to prevent millions of these kinds of irreconcilable conflicts which will just be inflicted on the children.
In this case, I was really put off by the smirking mother - she's completely responsible for the whole horrid mess and has NOTHING to smile about. Enrique, despite justified anger, made a horrible decision to take it out on the 'daughter' he raised and loved, and has hurt and alienated her. It's ugly.
I'm sure what i'll say will be controversial :-)
A woman has the sole right to choose to carry pregnancy to term, regardless of what the biological father may want - and I agree with that right. The flip side is that an expecting father should have the right to know if the child is really his. In an ideal world, the expecting mother would have the fetus paternity-tested before the deadline for getting an abortion, and if the paternity is false, the expecting 'father' would have the right to choose whether or not to accept responsibility for the child which is not his - irrevocably and legally-binding, including child support if the relationship doesn't work out. At least that way, this kind of mess can be resolved before the child is born, either by the false father signing up for the responsibility regardless, or the mother ending the pregnancy, or the mother making a conscious decision to take on the responsibility of going after the biological father or raising the child on her own.
That's 30% of paternity tests performed - not 30% of births.
Think about it - 100% of those paternity tests were likely performed because there was a question. Given that, 30% is actually quite low.
