 Once a man declares a child as his offspring and lives with the child for a period of time the court may assign the putative father all of the obligations of parenthood even if the child is not biologically his.Current child support guidelines and policies have been criticized by fathers' rights advocacy groups, as well as by feminists advocating gender equality and reproductive choice for men.Current child support guidelines and policies have also been criticized for requiring boys and men who are victims of rape to pay child support to the women who rape them.