In high school, most of my girlfriends had boyfriends. I was their errand girl. I learned my girlfriend were hooking up to prove they were more mature and smarter than other girls. While the guys wanted to upgrade the resume on the number of girls they boned.
Teenage sex is more emotionally wrecking to females than males. Most young girls suffer the trauma to adulthood. That’s why it infuriates me to see grown men act ignorant around young girls.
You are right, the consent law is intended to protect young people from themselves. Grown men should know better than to think these young girls actually know what they want.