A staggered age of consent will be discussed in UK Parliament after situations involving Russell Brand and David Walliams exposed imbalances of power between adults and teenagers.
Under British law, adults of any age can legally have sex with 16 and 17-year-olds.
Work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden told the BBC the "appalling" cases of "abuse of power by powerful men", highlighted the need to review consent rules, but didn't guarantee any changes.
"[I] can't tell you what the conclusion of that would be, but the last week has certainly put that up in lights," he said.
Many people are campaigning for the proposed staggered age of consent, including Mia Latter, who alleged she was raped by comedian Russell Brand.
She told the Sunday Times she wants to see the law change so sexual relationships between 16 and 17-year-olds and adults will be illegal.
Latter was 16 when she met Brand, who was 30, and although she wasn't one of the complainants in the recent case against him, she said the age difference and "clear imbalance of power" made the situation unacceptable.
"I don't want to criminalise teenagers having sex with each other,' she said.
"But...if you're in your thirties, forties and fifties and you're trying to have a relationship with someone under the age of 18, it [should be] a criminal offence."
Brand was sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison earlier this month on one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.
Founder of UK campaign group Close the Consent Gap and child protection social worker, Layla Stone, urged MPs to commit to amending the law.
"We don't believe [16 to17-year-olds are] old enough to consent to having sex with much older adults," Stone said, arguing teens at those ages were seen as children in "every single framework of the law" aside from consent.
She and Close the Consent Gap want politicians to ensure that 16-year-olds could not have sex with anyone older than 19, and 17-year-olds no older than 20.
Brand isn't the only prominent UK figure to come under fire, with author and former Britain's Got Talent judge David Walliams the latest to have allegations made public.
Several women have spoken out against Walliams.
Walliams has denied all accusations. Others have spoken of inappropriate behaviour and invitations to visit his dressing room while they were on Britain's Got Talent.
The Metropolitan Police have since launched an investigation into Walliams and the alleged "serious sexual offences".
Pat McFadden told Sky News that the cases against the men have sparked a public interest in changing the law.
"I do think that between Russell Brand, David Walliams, what's been put out there, people are looking at these issues in a new light," he said.
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