I was watching this "Counter to 'Feminist' Arguments" video on Youtube when I found out about this case that really floored me. In Indiana, there was a case of a girl who, at 16, was a babysitter for a 12 year old boy whom she started having sex with. When he was 13 (and she 17) she got pregnant. Their child was born in 1989. In 1991 the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services took the father to court for
child support. (What kind of child support a 15 year old will be able to pay out, I dunno... burger tips?)
Now, case was originally throw out, but the Supreme Court upheld it, saying basically, although the statutory rape was a crime under criminal law, the boy had given consent to the act under
civil law. Now, to quote Wikipedia, "The court also ruled that a mother's potential culpability under criminal statutes was of
no relevance (emphasis mine) in determining the father's child support liability in a civil action. The court stated that the state's interest in ensuring that a minor receives child support outweighed its interest in potentially deterring sexual crimes against minors."
So.... yeah. Yay for women's rights, huh?
I know we've got a couple of legal people on this board, love hear what they think about this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermesmann_v._Seyer