Partible Paternity Enables Unborn Children Have Multiple Fathers
Partible paternity is a form of sexual relationship that allows for a woman to have sexual relations with several men so that they can lay claim to the paternity of the child.
This form of paternity is common in Southern America. According to a researcher Stephen Beckerman, the woman is usually at an advantage especially when she is married or has a supportive husband.
To avoid times where there are conflicts on the child’s paternity, there are controls that are exercised. Sometimes, the man’s husband comes into an agreement with the men and the woman over the roles of the men in the offspring’s life.
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For men interested in pursuing extramarital affairs, this is a getaway route. Also, another category of men who engage in partible paternity uses this option because they do not want to have sole responsibility as the father of an offspring. And in some other instances, it is culturally based. For instance, the Ovumanba tribe that offer their wives to their guests (to read this, visit the Guardian Life’s culture category.)
