Where a sex-saturated culture leads

Michigan Court puts Zach Anderson was put on the sex offender list at age 19 after having sex with an underage girl. Now he is hoping to have his name removed from the registry.  h/t A Voice for Men



Here is excerpt of Indiana Criminal Code on Sexual Assault.

(a) A person at least eighteen (18) years of age who, with a child at least fourteen (14) years of age but less than sixteen (16) years of age, performs or submits to sexual intercourse or deviate sexual conduct commits sexual misconduct with a minor, a Class C felony. 

However, the offense is: (1) a Class B felony if it is committed by a person at least twenty-one (21) years of age; and (2) a Class A felony if it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force, if it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon, if it results in serious bodily injury, or if the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
(b) A person at least eighteen (18) years of age who, with a child at least fourteen (14) years of age but less than sixteen (16) years of age, performs or submits to any fondling or touching, of either the child or the older person, with intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the older person, commits sexual misconduct with a minor, a Class D felony.

However, the offense is: (1) a Class C felony if it is committed by a person at least twenty-one (21) years of age; and (2) a Class B felony if it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force, while armed with a deadly weapon, or if the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge. (c) It is a defense that the accused person reasonably believed that the child was at least sixteen (16) years of age at the time of the conduct. 

However, this subsection does not apply to an offense described in subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2).

http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/incode/35/42/4/35-42-4-9#sthash.XxCp0sjk.dpuf


But - it was not his fault. She lied.  Does that matter?

Apparently not.

Just to make it clearer - here is a Feminist to explain the difference.
h/t Sargon of Akkad