content: That exactly. They've travelled back a few hundred years when cads were horsewhipped for taking advantage of the naivete and innocence of young inexperienced girls. Except of course his girlfriend was no such thing. He was able to string her along because she wouldn't walk away from his money.  What the court is saying is that women are too emotional and thus stupid to look after their own interests, and must be looked after by men. Driving men to expect virginity until a marriage with a signed prenuptial agreement is undertaken is pretty funny.