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I am up against an ethical quandary and I have need to talk this out…
I started a new job in January and recently attended training on TX child abuse laws and reporting procedures.
This is what I learned:
If a young person tells me they are engaging in sexual intimacy with a person of their same gender - AND - they are under the age of 17 - I have to report this to the department of state health services and the TX child protective services.
What the fuck???!!! I am adamantly opposed to such reporting procedures.
If a young person is 13 - and married - I don’t have to report it. If the young people are having sexual intimacy with any number of others - as long as there is not a 3 year age difference - and not the same gender - I don’t have to report that!
But let it be a situation of a couple of teenagers of the same gender enjoying each others company by engaging in sexual intimacy…..by law I have to tell someone who will step in and “investigate”.
This is outrageous. This is a barbaric attitude. This is oppression of LGBT young people. This is judgmental. This is ….just….blankety blank blank insert your best string of curse words here….mother fucking bull shit!
[fumes]
What do I do if I don't report it and someone finds out and "reports" me? I could lose my license. I could lose my standing in this state.
otoh...Doctor's don't have to perform any medical procedures/methods that conflict with their conscience.
I am pissed!
I started a new job in January and recently attended training on TX child abuse laws and reporting procedures.
This is what I learned:
If a young person tells me they are engaging in sexual intimacy with a person of their same gender - AND - they are under the age of 17 - I have to report this to the department of state health services and the TX child protective services.
What the fuck???!!! I am adamantly opposed to such reporting procedures.
If a young person is 13 - and married - I don’t have to report it. If the young people are having sexual intimacy with any number of others - as long as there is not a 3 year age difference - and not the same gender - I don’t have to report that!
But let it be a situation of a couple of teenagers of the same gender enjoying each others company by engaging in sexual intimacy…..by law I have to tell someone who will step in and “investigate”.
This is outrageous. This is a barbaric attitude. This is oppression of LGBT young people. This is judgmental. This is ….just….blankety blank blank insert your best string of curse words here….mother fucking bull shit!
[fumes]
What do I do if I don't report it and someone finds out and "reports" me? I could lose my license. I could lose my standing in this state.
otoh...Doctor's don't have to perform any medical procedures/methods that conflict with their conscience.
I am pissed!