I remember this one time in my teenage years. Me and my friends were chilling at a small park/playground by my house, smoking on some ganja. My girlfriend, at the time, was there, along with her ex (we, I had thought, at least, didn't have any hard feelings towards each other, as he had a girlfriend, too). I decided to go to my house to get some drinks for everyone (cotton mouth, of course), so I went for a walk to my house. She remained at the metal table, along with everyone else.
On my way back, I noticed some struggling on the lawn of the park. It was my girlfriends ex, strangling her. My 'friends' sat back and watched. I sprinted towards him and tackled him and held something to his throat. I heard her gasping behind me, and rushed over to see if she was okay. I put my arms around her and walked with her back towards my house, screaming at her ex all along, telling him that I'd kill him if he touched her again.
Apparently, she had mentioned how small his dick was, and that was enough to start fucking choking her.
Of course, in a situation like that I wasn't thinking about my pride or feeling like a man. The only thing on my mind was her safety, and possibly the elimination of the threat.
In a less paramount circumstance, I simply feel like it's 'the right thing to do.' I don't think I derive any sense of manliness (unless facing down another male) or pride from it. In fact, depending on the situation, it might actually depress me that that situation occurred.
Of course, everyone is different.
As for standing up for other girls, I'm not really sure. I'm usually the one being harassed *by* girls. I couldn't really say unless I was in a situation like that.
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After I stand up for someone I guess I just feel content that I did the right thing. Not standing up for someone leaves me feeling like absolute shit, so I definitely try to avoid that. I definitely wouldn't say I would expect a girl to fall for me if I stood up for her, but I would most certainly expect her to lose all respect for me if I didn't (because I wouldn't deserve respect at that point).
Standing up for someone shouldn't be a pickup technique or something you only do when you have some ulterior motive. If it is, that really says something about a guy's character. Standing up for someone should be what is expected by our society.
It feels pretty good when a guy stands up for me. I had my boyfriend and guy friend on a 3-way call recently and my friend called me a thot (slang for whore) jokingly as we do all the time. My boyfriend didn't know that was how we play. He didn't get overly upset or anything but he just kindly asked my friend not to call me that. I felt it was adorable. When a guy stands up for you it lets you know he cares. It's something I'm used to with two protective brothers and a protective dad so any guy I date would have to stand up for me when I'm in a position where I can't.
I've stood up for girls and guys- but I haven't had any guy stand up for me. Well, maybe my dad. But other than that, I don't really put myself in positions where I can't fend for myself. I don't need to be protected.
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I feel really manly afterward, but really pathetic if I don't. It is a quicker reaction if a friend or crush is in trouble, but I try to help all unless it's self inflicted like when I saw a 5 foot guy pick a random fight with a guy that was 6'2. It was a good show.
I stand up for all girls and guys I see being harassed in my vicinity. I don't necessarily feel anything after doing so, however.
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