[ExI] dna ethics question

[Tara Maya]

I didn't say paternity certainty would solve ALL problems. But paternity uncertainty explains otherwise inexplicable laws -- fairly common in many older civilizations -- that the penalty for rape FOR THE WOMAN WHO WAS ASSAULTED was to either marry her rapist or be herself murdered. 

That is not really explainable as a concern about property, but I submit that it is explicable (if still horrid) as a way for a man to ensure that property is inherited by his own heirs.


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On May 5, 2014, at 12:54 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

> Odd comment indeed Tara.  Religious hangups about rape are likely rooted in an uncertainty about being murdered.  The notion of paternity uncertainty is nearly trivial compared to the much more fundamental issue of joint property.

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