Hm... You state a good case there. Never really thought about it, though when my older sis got pregnant by her boyfriend (way back when she was 15 and he was 16) he didn't get put on the sex offenders list because my parents (and my sister) didn't prosecute.
I'm thinking it's another example of common sense thrown out the window. Within reason it shouldn't happen at all... not when it's a couple of stupid kids at least.
On the other hand, boys are thought to be much more devious in the act of actually getting into a girl's knickers because it gives them status among other boys. Tell a girl a pack of lies about how much they love her, make her think he's 'the one' and bob's your uncle. Onto the next one. Which the law would obviously wish to discourage due to teenage pregnancies, benefits, yadda yadda yadda...
Who knows? Maybe just some outdated law that needs re-vamping?
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