I think the implication is that it's easier for young boys to get out of their parental responsibilities than for young girls. I've seen, a number of times, fr

I think the implication is that it's easier for young boys to get out of their parental responsibilities than for young girls. I've seen, a number of times, friends & family & random Internet advice-givers of teenage fathers say "Get a paternity test!" or "Don't sign anything". Particularly if they're close with the father but don't like the mother. Sometimes even if the dad-to-be is excited about having a kid. It's a very marked contrast to how we treat adult males (and what we claim to value as a society), where the advice is usually "Time to man up, get a job, and be a dad." No such thing as a maternity test, and we tend to excoriate young mothers who might want to shirk their maternal responsibilities. There's probably something revealing there about self-interest and who we identify with in a situation.