1) Wow.
2) Virginity is not real.
3) Obsessing about your adult. daughter's sex life is red flag bunting
4) An *actual* medieval conception of sex in the wild! https://twitter.com/isaactweeting/status/1265859613162967042
The idea that the chastity of a daughter is a commodity owned by her father has roots in both the late Antique and medieval schools of thought. This is largely because a maiden fetched, as this absolute danger puts it a higher "bride price" as in theory it guarantees paternity.
As a result, to have sex with someone's maiden daughter was to devalue a tradable commodity. Fathers absolutely could sue men who had sex with their daughters over this, though it was a specific civil matter and I am pretty sure summoning old age was not legal payment. Must check
Also probably someone should call services on this man here. He needs a look in.
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