paternity

Paternity 原自拉丁文，其词根是 "pater"，表示 "father"（父亲）。

n. 父权；父系；父系后裔

He refused to admit paternity of the child.

他拒不承认是那孩子的父亲。

He was tricked into marriage by a false accusation of paternity.

他被诬赖成孩子的父亲而被骗着成了婚。

They have had a significant change in policy on paternity leave.

他们对男人休产假制度作出了重大改变。

为了记住单词 "paternity"，我们可以联想到 "patriarchy"（父权）这个词，二者都是与父亲有关。然后在脑海中构建一个生动的场景，比如，因为对父亲身份存疑，一个人需要做 "paternity" 测试。这个词存于自古代拉丁文，其背后的思想和欧洲的父系社会结构有很大的关系。在许多欧美文化中，对于确定孩子是由谁父亲而得到的认知，有着重要的地位。

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and that brings me to my final point.Paternity leave --it’s good for society.

And that’s a shame,because paternity leave --it benefits everyone.

or dress-down Fridaysor paternity leaveonly serve to mask the core issue,

I’m not talking about necessarily just newborn maternity leave.That includes paternity leave,all genders,

or decide to take reduced roles.By taking paternity leave,men can give women more options

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