But they actually BELIEVE they are the father?
2007-03-14 22:17:35 · 10 answers · asked by Lothario 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
poppycock from the media just wanting people to think everyone is sleeping around
2007-03-14 22:55:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Who came up with that number ? 20% of what ? All married men where ? Just in the U.S. ? I would like to see the studies numbers. It would be interesting to see where these women live who were willing to admit to a survey that their husbands didn't know they were not the fathers. Somehow I don't believe they surveyed ALL married women, so I'm thinking it's some sort of guess. That's a lot of women having sex outside their marriage without birth control and or protection. I really couldn't say until I knew where and who they got this information from.
2007-03-15 06:21:32 · answer #2 · answered by WOLFMAN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if it's 20%, but there are indeed married men who believed they were the biological father of their wife's children, but they weren't. And there are single men who voluntarily acknowledged paternity of their girlfriend's children because they were believed they were the biological father, but they weren't.
And many times these men are still ordered to support the children. And the women? Nothing happens to them.
A woman knows if there is a possibility that another man is the father of her child, and she should be held accountable for failing to inform her hubby/boyfriend of that possibility.
2007-03-15 08:18:00 · answer #3 · answered by kp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look what was said on the news about 20% of married men are not actually the fathers of their kids id probably true....but take into account how many people did they actually ask and like you said many men know its not their child. Your questions asks do they actually BELIEVE they are the father, well in that case its a whole trust and honesty issue with you and your partner.
if you seriously aren't sure about your kids actually being yours then try getting a DNA test and find out for yourself.
best of luck! and hey yours or not they consider you their father and love you like one too! :)
2007-03-15 05:25:49 · answer #4 · answered by Devilsadvocate 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I suspect that's a bit high. But I also suspect that this is more common than most people assume. The law is usually more concerned about the welfare of the child than anything else, so as long as the father fails to question his paternity, he must support the child to adulthood in most jurisdictions. In fact, in some states any child born during a marriage is considered the father's child, no matter what.
2007-03-15 05:22:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a pretty hefty number! But you can't always believe statistics. Where did they come from? Who did they poll? There are a lot of factors that go in to it. I would be very surprised if it was correct.
2007-03-15 05:23:10 · answer #6 · answered by Aphrodite 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
between 12 and 19% actually.
2007-03-15 05:26:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well....they say that figures don't lie.....but liars figure.....so it may be true but I'm betting that the survey was flawed.....
2007-03-15 05:55:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
its a possibility!
2007-03-15 05:22:24 · answer #9 · answered by konfuzed_baby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
2007-03-15 05:51:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋