A woman who is not a virgin has great difficulty finding a husband later in life.
A girl who was molested -- is she considered a virgin? Or not?
By saying she still counts as a virgin -- that the molestor did not take away her virginity in that sense -- then she does not have to be a spinster -- she can still be married normally.
Here's the meaning of the Talmudic passage.
A woman who is not a virgin has great difficulty finding a husband later in life.
A girl who was molested -- is she considered a virgin? Or not?
By saying she still counts as a virgin -- that the molestor did not take away her virginity in that sense -- then she does not have to be a spinster -- she can still be married normally.
The creep who molested her still gets punished.