Yes. I feel a strong instinct to protect women. When a woman presents herself as feminine, it triggers my instinct. If she appears vulnerable, I instinctively respond to protect her. This is why crying so often works to get you out of a traffic citation.
On the other hand, I have a strong instinct to engage in sex. When a woman presents herself sexually, it triggers my instinct. That’s why men behave so aggressively toward women who dress and behave suggestively.
I am responsible for my actions, regardless of my instincts. Any poor decisions I make to protect a damsel in distress or pursue a girl who is dancing suggestively at the club are my poor decisions and my responsibility.
…but a wise woman could use my instincts. Lost in the backlash against victim shaming is the wisdom that by choosing whether to present yourself in a way that is “feminine” in your society triggers a different instinct than presenting yourself in a way that is “sexual” in your society. Men should be held responsible. But women should be smart about how they present themselves.
If you show up for a job interview, know which way you are presenting yourself.
I wish I could like this post more than once. I had a girl show up for a job I terrier as a security guard who kept lowering her shirt and crossing her legs. I didn't say anything but didn't hire her because if that's how she solves life's problems she's going to get hurt on this line of work. Not a bad looker but I feel that I protected her from herself by not putting her in situations where assault is a realistic possibility. This was over ten years ago, I hope she has found more positive ways of getting through job interviews or navigating life's issues.
I wouldn't say any more so than we are protecting someone else. Humans in tribes wouldn't just be protecting the women they were protecting themselves, other men and children which some would male.
We were just designed to protect those closest to us really regardless.
Now if you were to take the test of save a the guy or the woman many would say woman but I would not say that's motivated by instinct I would say that's actually motivated by they have a womb. Give males one and watch that answer quickly become skewered.
But maybe it's semantics to say they are saving the womb not the woman really but to me it's more the harsh reality of it, it's more of an objective moment than a instinctive moment. Though one could argue what's the difference? And welp that's whole other question that honestly I couldn't explain 100% and nor could anyone this is more Theory crafting than direct answer.
Actually just thought of another point what's instinctive to a man is not always in the best interest for a woman. Because I can tell you now down to animal basic nature we couldn't careless about consent. It's only thanks to progressive social evolution that brought us to that idea but otherwise we would be humping stuff like dogs without asking what the other thinks. Which would very much not be protecting the woman in that case.
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What's Your Opinion? Sign Up Now!Yes, technically, billions of years of evolution have programmed that into us, going all the way back to the first organisms to sexually reproduce. And it just became more important as time went on because for our species, women are not disposable like men are. The whole reason men are bigger and stronger is because we'd be useless otherwise. We can't give birth, so what's the point of being male if you don't protect? Take ants and bees for instance. Females have the stingers and some are bigger than males. Females serve every single function necessary for survival EXCEPT providing sperm, so the males are USELESS as anything other than walking sperm bags. Human males would be exactly the same if we hadn't evolved more size and strength to go along with our protectiveness. Look at psychopaths and some men whi are just douchebags. They aren't protective and don't care about women, so humans likely wouldve died out if too many males like that existed. The protective instinct had to evolve in most human males to keep us from going extinct. The Amazons are fascinating though because they offer a way humans could have evolved. Potentially, women couldve protected themselves and become the bigger and stronger ones while males shriveled into sperm sacks like bee drones haha
that's just the history of the world in a nutshell. men protecting women as always. it's hardwired in men's DNA despite the revisionist history that feminists love to portray as an "oppressive patriarchy"
the history of gender relations has been one giant simp-fest. men making the world a more comfortable place for women by killing off the predatory animals, executing bad men, building better shelters, inventions like the washing machine and vacuum cleaner to make jobs easier etc.
but nah let's just focus on the worst aspects of men to justify suppressing them and people be wondering why a man's natural instinct to protect women isn't showing up as spontaneous as it did in the past
though it still shows up from time to time, mostly online in the form of a white knight coming to the rescue of a damsel in distress from the big bad misogynist who is telling the truth a little too much for anyone to handle
No, of course not. Where did you get that idea from? It isn't natural, although perhaps many boys have been conditioned by society to behave that way.
To a certain extent, yes, I think that's true mostly.
Regardless of gender if I love you enough I will protect you, for some reason I want to be a warrior a protector for my loved one.
I don't know if every guy has it but I know I do
I'm of 2 minds about this issue: on the one hand it is infantalizing and insulting to not hold women accountable for bad actions or behaviors as the adults that they are, but on the other hand tens of thousands of years of evolutionary biology gut punch you right in the feels whenever a damsel is in distress. Having two daughters who are likely to get some teenage boys killed, slowly, in their secondary school years (😅) is not helping!
If we were not, there would have been no women able to survive in our primal dispositions-and therefore no more human race for that matter
I can tell you that the idea that boys are naturally protective of girls is a common stereotype, but it is not universally true. Individuals vary in their behavior and attitudes, and factors such as personality, upbringing, and cultural background can all influence how someone interacts with others, regardless of their gender.
It's also important to note that the notion of "protectiveness" can be problematic, as it can perpetuate gender roles that suggest women are in need of protection from men. Instead of assuming that one gender is naturally protective of the other, it's better to promote equality and respect for all individuals, regardless of gender.
Yes, runs very deep.
There is probably some degree of attachment which is counter- protective
I'd have to know what specific and certain "dangers" you were talking about. Generally speaking, I believe most responders are mistaking being "competitive for personal gain" with "protective". If you dissect it closely, you'll see that men want to possess women, so acting like they're protective makes women tend to think they genuinely care about their well being for non-selfish purposes. It's a way to endear the woman to you.
This isn't true of every male, but it seems to reflect what a lot of women on here are saying about men, only I say it in a slightly different way!
Yes, especially when it comes to girl friends and sinlings.
I have an instinct to shield people whom I think are being victimized. Girls minding their own business, smaller guys being bullied, elderly, etc.
Yes!
We don't instinctually protect them, but we're conditioned by society to do so. We're instinctually guided to protect those of us who we care about and girls are some of those.
Yes, but not in a way that might be comfortable with everyone. We protect you from others, not from ourselves.
Yes, but I hope we can drive this instinct out of men until females return to being human.
Instinctively we are, even tho technology made it useless
Our ancestors did for survival purpose and we still have their DNA so we still sort of have that instict.
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