Consumer DNA tests revealing misattributed parentage

Post by qubex » Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 8:54 AM UTC

kukx wrote: post #69

toomanybeersies wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is a vastly simplistic view of rape and sexual assault and comes very close to victim blaming. In many societies there is a stigma attached to sexual assault victims, even in western society many victims get blamed: "why was she wearing that dress?", "why was she in the club on her own if she was in a relationship?", "why did she walk through the park at night on her own?", "maybe she went home with him and just…

I doubt that "for some people the best way to handle their trauma is to never speak of it and pretend it never happened" is actually true. I would like to see some study that proves that. Otherwise you just empower the rapists for no justifiable reason. And even if there is some personal net benefit for not telling anyone. Is it more important than saving others from potentially the same harm?

Post by s_kilk » Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 8:57 AM UTC

rjdagost wrote: post #7

londons_explore wrote: post #2

Some countries, like for example France, make DNA tests pretty much illegal to prevent discovering painful truths like this.

The French government claims that fatherhood is determined by society, and not biology. That is a very unscientific law.

Post by baud147258 » Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 9:06 AM UTC

syshum wrote: post #23

apo wrote: post #20

... “This generation right now and maybe the next 15 years or so, there’s going to be a lot of shocking results coming out. I’d say in 20 years’ time it’s going to dissipate,” she predicted. By then, our expectations of privacy will have caught up with the new reality created by the rise of consumer DNA tests. This reminds me of a discussion in which people were speculating about things that would not exist in the fu…

One can not have freedom with out privacy. As we destroy the concept of privacy we also destroy the concept of freedom. It will be interesting how civilization handles it. We are starting to see some signs of push back, but unfortunely people are turning to governments and authoritarianism as a "solution". IMO we are at at fork in civilization, and it seems we are choosing the less free, less private path

Post by amelius » Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 9:22 AM UTC

Post by ionised » Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 9:29 AM UTC

logronoide wrote: post #62

I dated a girl in the nineties that worked at a maternity ward in a very popular hospital. She said that just comparing blood types five to ten percent of the babies did not belong to the mother’s couple. And of course doctors and nurses never said a word.