I admit that I don’t understand all our “laws” but apparently, it’s totally okay to charge an 11 year-old girl with three counts of rape. No details as to what happened have been released and police are incredibly vague as to what happened, which makes the story even odder to me, like a deeply disturbing mystery novel.

What does this pic have to do with the story? Well, when you consider that other possible images involve “child” and “rape,” it’s probably not a good idea for me to post anything in a related Google search

Detective Randy Ritchason said the girl had some type of sexual contact with three other children – two boys and a girl -all under the age of 10. She was charged in Muskingum County Juvenile Court.

“I believe it’s the youngest perpetrator we’ve had,” Ritchason said. “We’ve had young teens before, but she is about the youngest I’ve ever dealt with.”

Rhonda Hinkle, a supervisor with Muskingum County Children’s Services, said the girl is a very rare case, but her office is continually seeing more and more children who are committing sex crimes, not just being victims.

“I think a lot of it has to do with society today,” Hinkle said. “We have so many blended families today, we have all the technology that children at young ages are allowed access to and we have entirely different sets of values and issues then ever before.”

“I think people need to understand the charge of rape means any type of penetration there is during the act, no matter how slight,” Ritchason said. “It doesn’t necessarily mean a suspect has someone tied down or beats them and then rapes them. A person under the age of 18 doesn’t have to be forced, either.”

So did she actually have sex with them? Penetrate them willingly with a Big Bird dildo? Who knows?

That doesn’t sound like a good thing for our freedoms. I mean, yeah, kids under a certain age shouldn’t be boning. It’s just bad for them and kind of creepy. But at the same time, she says ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 18 can be a victim of “rape,” even when they’re a willing participant. So if I were 16 and had sex with a 28 year-old woman by some grace of God and charity on her part, there’s a chance she’d end up tried for rape. Which is not okay. We should be offering this fictional woman tax credits and hugs for her contributions to teenage fantasies, not persecuting her.

Unrelated, any sex of an adult with an 11 year-old is still rape. No matter how many video games and glasses of wine mixed with Pepsi are exchanged or no matter how much she believes that her parents died in a tragic spelunking accident. The more you know.

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