the construction of parenthood in the determination of paternity through the courts in Portugal
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Feminist Legal Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2008
- Magazine Number
- 2
- Creator
- Machado, Helena
- Thesaurus
- ouderschap, rechtspraak, patriarchaat, ethiek, Portugal
- Description
- The author argues how the Portuguese legal system’s efforts to determine paternity of children born outside legal marriage, automatically initiated by the Registry Office when a birth registration does not indicate the father, reveal cultural models which reinforce the naturalisation of the differences between mothers and fathers, with significant effects on the social construction of parental roles and on expectations of family organisation and female sexual behaviour.