Negros Oriental Representative Arnolfo Teves has filed a bill against ghosting. House Bill (HB) 611, or “An Act Declaring Ghosting as an Emotional Offense,” seeks to declare “ghosting for no apparent justifiable reason but solely to cause emotional distress to the victim” an offense.
The bill defined ghosting as “a form of emotional abuse and happens once a person is engaged in a dating relationship with the opposite sex which affects the mental state of the victim”.
In its explanatory note, it states that “Ghosting [is] when someone cuts off all forms or communication can be mentally, physically, and emotionally exhausting to the ‘ghosted’ person. Studies have shown that social rejection of any kind activates the same pain pathways in the brain as physical pain, meaning there’s a biological link between rejection and pain,” stated the bill’s explanatory note.
“The ambiguity with ghosting, is that there is no real closure between the parties concerned and as such, it can be likened to a form of emotional cruelty and should be punished as an emotional offense because of the trauma it causes to the “ghosted” party,” the bill added.
The bill does not state any penalty for “ghosting” if found to be an emotional offense.
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