It may not be that he simply loves his daughter, but that as a member of that group, he is more aware of the evil side behind it. Gender, class, and some special social factors made that group very destructive hundreds of years ago, and the negative side of human nature was easily revealed. They do not necessarily have the motive of loving their daughter. Most of them have conscience and objectivity. When they write, they are just more suitable to shape it in that way. What they present is a microcosm of the society at that time.
It may not be that he simply loves his daughter, but that as a member of that group, he is more aware of the evil side behind it. Gender, class, and some special social factors made that group very destructive hundreds of years ago, and the negative side of human nature was easily revealed. They do not necessarily have the motive of loving their daughter. Most of them have conscience and objectivity. When they write, they are just more suitable to shape it in that way. What they present is a microcosm of the society at that time.