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Originally Posted by Jel
^ nothing to do with this thread obviously, but now I'm curious - what number is this significant number?
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Most of the published estimates vary from the range of 2 or 3 percent to 7 percent. I've seen higher figures - the largest one at 10%. The imprecision comes, I think, from the fact that no one has aimed at learning this number and the data comes as a consequence of other kinds of research. The reason I didn't post a number above is because nobody knows exactly. Whether one or two out of fifty is a significant number is a matter of opinion and you know mine.
The ancient Romans always punished wifely adultery much more harshly than male infidelity and the stated reason was that such pregnancies amounted to a fraud on the husband who was the putative father.
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