Is it normal to be worried about a daughter's sex life?

What the hell does "womanhood" mean in this context? Since this question is about sex, is it a euphemism for virginity?

The dictionary definition of "womanhood" is the state or condition of being a woman. Were the Twits you refer to suggesting that a young woman having sex somehow transforms her into something less than a woman? If so, then that's definitely a thoroughly screwed up belief.

I am a parent of a tween daughter. She's still at an age when she finds her mother and I saying anything about sex excruciatingly embarrassing (hell, she even turns her face away when couples kiss on TV), but we make it a point to slip in occasional little age-appropriate comments about what respectful, loving adult relationships should be like. We've also given her some age-appropriate, body- and sex-positive books so she can do her own reading on the topic if she's uncomfortable talking about things with her mother and me. I hope that by the time she's 16 (which is the age of consent in the UK), she will have accepted that sex is a normal, enjoyable part of life and adult relationships, and she'll have some idea of what a good relationship is like.

I would be concerned if on the day after her sixteenth birthday, she immediately launched into a marathon of exploratory bonking with every boy she encountered because I doubt if she'll then be sufficiently emotionally mature to handle that, but I'm fairly confident that she's been raised to be self-confident enough not to be drawn into something she doesn't want to do. (We've already discussed at length how some people are highly manipulative and the tricks they use, and I'm sure we'll talk more about this.)

If you ever have a child, you'll probably realise very quickly that normal parents _always_ worry about their kids. Lots of parents have huge problems making the mental shift from the degree of concern and involvement that's appropriate when their kid is a child to what a healthy parent-child relationship should be when both are adults. I'm sure I will always feel some concern about who my daughter is spending time with and the nature of the relationships she's in, but once she becomes an adult, she'll have the right to make her own decisions and her own mistakes. At that point, my role will be to provide an emergency fall-back position where she knows she can find loving support if she should ever need it.

As far as her sex life is concerned, once she's an adult, that will be none of my business. Because I want her to enjoy every aspect of life, I hope she has as much sex as she wants with whoever she wants and it's always even better than she hopes it will be. If, having thought through all the possible consequences and having laid down whatever rules she decided were appropriate, she was eager to do an entire football team, I would respect her right to make that choice. If she decides that sex is something that just doesn't interest her, I'd respect that choice too.

You're relatively normal, but the people who talk about railing are not, they probably shouldn't have kids.

I think it's probably normal to always worry about your kids and their safety but once they are adults you should just back off and let them do as they please. Of course you can and should lend advice when possible, but this is a sensitive topic too. I'd say it's somewhat normal but it shouldn't be a huge worry as long as the parent knew everything was consensual if they found out certain things about their daughters sex life.

Normal for parents to be concerned but she is a fully autonomous human being who is allowed to have sex if she wants to.

You have no right to your daughter's body, if she wants to have a lot of sexual partners then those decisions and consequences will be hers and hers alone.

If you want to control what your children do in the bedroom do yourself a favour and don’t have kids.

Nope.