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Locating judicial uses of genetic testing in paternity cases
| Resumo: | This article examines the courts’ use of DNA profiling in the course of paternity suits by locating the sort of social relationships, cultural repertoires, narratives, interests and values that are reproduced and evoked in this particular context. The main conclusion is that the forensic uses of genetic testing in paternity cases constitutes a complex interrelation between patriarchy, judicial power and science, which reinforces conventional gender distinctions with the aim of adapting individual demeanour to standards of values and behaviour of the dominant social groups. The cultural construction of paternity is linked both to biology and economic support, while maternity is perceived as being moral and emotional. Genetic tests to determine biological paternity are selectively used in cases where there is strong evidence of the child’s mother’s fidelity to the alleged father, which reinforces the social monitoring of women’s sexual and procreative behaviour, along with the construction of unequal access to justice. |
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| Autores principais: | Machado, Helena |
| Assunto: | Genetic tests Paternity Justice Gendered uses of science |
| Ano: | 2005 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | preprint |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
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| author | Machado, Helena |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Machado, Helena |
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| description | This article examines the courts’ use of DNA profiling in the course of paternity suits by locating the sort of social relationships, cultural repertoires, narratives, interests and values that are reproduced and evoked in this particular context. The main conclusion is that the forensic uses of genetic testing in paternity cases constitutes a complex interrelation between patriarchy, judicial power and science, which reinforces conventional gender distinctions with the aim of adapting individual demeanour to standards of values and behaviour of the dominant social groups. The cultural construction of paternity is linked both to biology and economic support, while maternity is perceived as being moral and emotional. Genetic tests to determine biological paternity are selectively used in cases where there is strong evidence of the child’s mother’s fidelity to the alleged father, which reinforces the social monitoring of women’s sexual and procreative behaviour, along with the construction of unequal access to justice. |
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| spelling | engengThis article examines the courts’ use of DNA profiling in the course of paternity suits by locating the sort of social relationships, cultural repertoires, narratives, interests and values that are reproduced and evoked in this particular context. The main conclusion is that the forensic uses of genetic testing in paternity cases constitutes a complex interrelation between patriarchy, judicial power and science, which reinforces conventional gender distinctions with the aim of adapting individual demeanour to standards of values and behaviour of the dominant social groups. The cultural construction of paternity is linked both to biology and economic support, while maternity is perceived as being moral and emotional. Genetic tests to determine biological paternity are selectively used in cases where there is strong evidence of the child’s mother’s fidelity to the alleged father, which reinforces the social monitoring of women’s sexual and procreative behaviour, along with the construction of unequal access to justice.application/pdfengLocating judicial uses of genetic testing in paternity casesMachado, HelenaHostingInstitutionOrganizationalRepositóriUM - Universidade do Minhoe-mailmailto:repositorium@usdb.uminho.ptrepositorium@usdb.uminho.pt2005-10-24T14:16:41Z2005-10-242005-10-24T00:00:00ZHandlehttps://hdl.handle.net/1822/3330http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2open accessGenetic testsPaternityJusticeGendered uses of science207590 bytesother research producthttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_816bpreprinthttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2application/pdffulltexthttps://repositorium.uminho.pt/bitstreams/8cdaff15-1f19-40fb-ac8b-d9e7d9b31e4c/download |
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