Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 225:5

ומאי שנא קטנה דאית לה כתובה ומאי שנא חרשת דלית לה כתובה דא"כ מימנעי ולא נסבי לה

is a preventive measure against the possibility that a deaf [husband] might feed a wife of sound senses [with it]. But even a deaf husband might well feed his wife who was of sound senses with Rabbinical <i>terumah</i>!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since their marriage is at least Rabbinically valid. ');">¹³</span> — A preventive measure was made against the possibility of his feeding her with Pentateuchal <i>terumah</i>. And why is the minor different [from the deaf woman] that the former should be entitled to her <i>kethubah</i> while the deaf woman is not entitled to her <i>kethubah</i>? — Because if [the latter also were] so [entitled] men would abstain from marrying her.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra p. 793, n. 5, mutatis mutandis. While deafness, as a rule, is an affliction for life, a minor does not forever remain in her minority. ');">¹⁴</span>

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