Desire for the protection of women close to oneself

[Logos]

Is this inherent within most males or is it more to do with a particular romantic style, such as Caregiver or Victim? I'm not talking about protection that stems from jealousy, insecurity or a pure wish to get into the woman's pants, but a genuine desire to protect women who are close to you.

Sounds more like an evolutionary development that helped ensure the survival of populations.

[Joy]

Sounds more like an evolutionary development that helped ensure the survival of populations.

That's pretty much what I was thinking.

[FDG]

If an animal specie is divided into two sexes, two cases can arise: either one of the sexes is stronger than the other, or they are both equally strong. If the former is what prevails, then the stronger sex will behave in such a way typically associated with "protection". Obviously the two distributions - with strenght on the x axis - overlap to a certain extent, so there are some women stronger than some men.

[aestrivex]

doesnt sound like something that would be generally type related.

[implied]

why are you attributing it to testicles in ezra's case?

[Gilly]

why are you attributing it to testicles in ezra's case?

I think this is probably the weakest stab at a man's masculinity that I've ever seen attempted.

[implied]

I think this is probably the weakest stab at a man's masculinity that I've ever seen attempted.

if there were a stronger case for masculinity, i'd try harder.