At last staff meeting, Diane Langberg reviewed some new rules for PA re: abuse reporting that she learned at a recent CE seminar. Some of these make your head spin.
1. Psychologists are mandated to report to child and family any child engaging in sex (not well defined) before age of 13. Okay, this is good.
2. However, if 14, then it can be consensual (and not reportable) if the other person is not more than 5 years older. This could be considered consensual.
3. If a 15 year, 11 mo child has sex with someone more than 5 years his/her age, it is statutory rape. However, if a 16 year old has sex with someone more than five years older, this can be consensual. So a 50 year old can have consensual sex with a 16 year old. And yet, a child is still considered just that until 18. Go figure. You can have sex with anyone, but you can’t smoke, drink, vote, or go to war. Do these lawmakers have teenage daughters?
There are some good changes in other parts of the law but these just boggle the mind.
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…or boys…Do they have teenage boys? Don’t accidentally perpetuate a dubious double standard.
Point taken. Lets not delude ourselves that only girls are hurt this way.