The gesture has never been about asking the father and mother. It's about asking a father, a role traditionally seen as protector to the children, especially the women (hence the expression daddy's girl, not mommy's girl), for his blessing to take that role over. It's not necessarily literal, it's just a respect…

Are you trolling? I feel like you're trolling. Asking a father for permission in this day and age, especially if the people involved are forward thinkers, has nothing to do with the woman being 'property' to transfer. It's a gesture to the father to show that the man his daughter is about to marry understands that…