True or false: Men need to protect women?

[Dog19]

Men must protect any woman with his life. A man must fight for any woman as well.

True men must protect women

False they don't have to.

Other

[DumbGoat]

People should have an obligation to protect innocent people in general, however women specifically do not have a requirement to be particularly protected unless they are pregnant. Pregnant women are carrying a tiny developing human with them, so it's important that it is not damaged.
To say that men should protect women is making an generalization of women; some of us are awful people. Here's a story as an example: say a woman is at a store or something and some kids are a bit loud, so she's irritated. She begins to beat the children, and the parents aren't quite fond of her treatment of their children so one of them punches her in the face. Does she deserve to be protected from the parents kicking her ass? No, she has it coming to her.
People also say that men shouldn't hit women. I say that resorting to hitting someone (or kicking, punching, etc) unless it is for self defense. When someone physically attacks someone, they need to be hurt back enough for them to know that they shouldn't try that shit again. So if a woman attacks a man and she's decked in the face, then she should have thought of that before she attacked him. (Though there is such a thing as using excessive violence in the name of self-defense... only use as much as it takes for them to not mess with you, more is just needless.) While if a man punches a woman for disagreeing with him, it's fucked up and he has some issues, though it'd still be the case no matter what gender took what role in that.
And yes, I do acknowledge that women are, on average, physically weaker than men. It does not change my opinion on what's fair in these situations. Not all women are weaker than most men, and even in scenarios where that is the case, weak does not mean innocent.
And I hear many people making comments about how women should be protected in life or death situations. I don't really think that's the case because women are no more important than men, so they should be prioritized equally. Plus, there are guns. You don't have to be very strong to shoot.

[vishna]

Other-it isn't their duty from birth to protect women, however, it's wrong of someone to see someone suffering and not try to help in any way (even just as simple as calling the police or helping a woman who has fallen)

[Whendutycalls]

True men should be willing to protect their woman, but the woman needs to be able to protect herself and should not just rely on a man.

[Vivaldi]

You look older than 23.

[Whendutycalls]

Well that's unfortunate

[xOasis]

"Well that's unfortunate" 😂😂😂😂 That made my day, thank you for that

[Whendutycalls]

My pleasure 😂😂

[SunsetStar]

People should protect those who need protecting as they are able, regardless of sex.

[Djaaaay]

This is a great ( mho)... I absolutely agree with this opinion !!

[UnknownReflection]

Very false.

I am a traditional man and i embrace any sort of chivalry. But i don't see a convincing reason that why i should fight for "any" woman? not every woman deserve it to be fought for. And i'm not gonna get out there and protect "every" woman with my life. Many woman "don't" need another man's help. Why should i bother? many other "don't" deserve to put your life on the line for them.

Plus, women are not sick little chickens to need to be helped and protected all the time. Just because Female's gender expression represent to be softer and more emotional. That does not make women to be needy and depended.

Don't get me wrong, i am there to perform my role as a man whatsoever. I respect all the ladies and will behave unless they make me feel otherwise. And i won't hesitate to do my best to help when i can. But the way you describe is like women are needy, they are not. And more likely, you sound like it is man's duty. It is not. When a man decide to help or fight for another woman, it is a privilege not a duty.

[Bluemax]

People should protect other people who are unable to protect themselves, regardless of gender.

[Yumix]

this

[Itsmeyay]

I say that women generally keep saying they don't need a man, self sufficient, equal rights and and and, so it wouldn't be fair for a woman to expect any man to protect her.

But.. I myself would probably out of instinct make a plan to at least try something if a woman was in danger, if I had to put my own wife or children in danger I would rely on other men more able to do something, if I saw a guy wanting to do something and I'm able I would help out. Would appreciate if he did the same for me. Do onto others what you want done onto yourself.

[cth96190]

"A woman needs a man in the way that a fish needs a bicycle." - Gloria Steinem
"All sex is rape." - Andrew Dworkin
#killallmen
#maletears
#makemenpay
#girlscandoanything
Women have been attacking men, especially white men, relentlessly since the 1960s.
Women have said that we were evil, predatory, rapists and every other imaginatively derogatory thing of which they could think.
Now a woman wants men to fight to the death to defend her.
No. Girls can do anything. Run along and do it.
This former soldier and martial artist will kick back and enjoy the spectacle of women discovering that they are not our equals.
I will especially enjoy watching the female social justice warriors discover that Adbul and Jamal did not attend gender sensitivity training.

[cth96190]

*Andrea Dworkin
Fucking autocorrect bullshit.

[Anonymous]

Life threatening danger (like a shooting, or natural disaster) i would only protect my wife and my children (if i had of course).
Severe injury danger (like vehicle accident) i would probably protect my wife, my children and anyone's children.
Light injury danger (like falling from a short height or something like that) i would protect anyone.

You just can't go around risking YOUR life for somebody else.

[Dog19]

Would you protect a guy from being beaten up by a 5'9 male?

[Opinion Owner]

Protect a man from taking a beating from one 5'9" man, sure, i am 5'11" myself and weight 220 pounds. Now if you twisted the question more and ask me if i would protect a man from taking a beating from a mob of 10 angry men... then no.

"If a battle can’t be won, don’t fight it."
~Sun Tzu

[Dog19]

How about if the man was 6'1 and the it was a young boy

[Opinion Owner]

So what really are you trying to do here? You keep changing the questions and creating different scenarios to see people's fight or flight thresholds?

[Kolya]

Most men should so it, instead of abusing or treating them like sex toys, but then again, a better question would be, do ALL women need tk be protected, there are women who abuse and treat men like crap because of someone else or because of their own frustrations, why would men need to protect such?

[Dog19]

Should woman protect men

[Kolya]

No... but women shouldn't reject men because "independent and proud" and when stuff happens they blame it on "no one there to help or protect me", men should do it but women shouldn't just use men as shields or excuses

[Dog19]

Your saying that women are weak and need protection, men must risk their lives and everything to protect any woman in danger. A woman shouldn't have to protect men because men are supposed to be strong enough to protect themselves. - right?

[Kolya]

Never said women are weak in what i wrote, men should risk their lives If needed for the woman or women he cares about not act as a shield for all, and women dont need to protect men, but to support them, or do you think support is a sign of weakness? to support someone that wants to shield you from the a knife is weakness? Men are strong but not stone nor robots, still human, still can bleed

[Dog19]

A woman who's a trained fighter in karate and black belt sees a man getting his ass beat by two guys. should she protect him?

[Kolya]

That is her decision, just like a man trained in systema sees a woman with black belt in karate about to get her ass kicked, i never said women are weak so they can know martial arts or more, it is a matter of will and conscience, did not say all men can protect or all women need to be protected, what if they are alone? On a dark street with no onr to help? Martial arts can't do much if the attacker has more than two guys, with knives and gun? You are firstly human with survival instinct then woman/man in this situation

[Anonymous]

No. Men do not need to protect women. Why would a man protect a creature that hates them and only ever show kindness to them when they need to use them?

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[Nelsoen]

I don't HAVE to do shit. If I seem some girl getting slapped around by her husband then I'm not going to do anything. But if someone tries to hurt a woman that I care about then I'll end their life for them

[Dog19]

Would you protect a boy from being raped by a 6'1 man?

[Nelsoen]

I'd protect anyone from rape

[Anonymous]

"Men must protect any woman with his life. A man must fight for any woman" - Hahahahahahahaha. . . no.

If I am in love with a woman it would feel natural to want to protect the one that I love. Just like I would expect a woman who claims to love me will have the urge to protect me. But any woman? Yeah. . . no. If I don't know you, man or woman, I am not going to risk my life for you.

[PlacentaSalad]

That privilege has been waived once women began careers as police officers and firefighters, to name a few potentially dangerous careers.

[NajemEddine]

portect yourself and dont tell anyone what to do
between my life and yours do u srsly think i would rather protect u

[Dog19]

Would you protect a 13 year old boy for being raped?

[NajemEddine]

your question was about should men protect women
not a 13 - boy girl
dont try changing the question
"A man must fight for any woman as well. " what makes a women life more important than a man life

[Dog19]

I'm not saying a woman's life is more important than a man's life. I'm just looking for honest opinions. I've seen men say this over and over and I was wondering how many people had the same beliefs

[NajemEddine]

listen dog19
what people say and do are compeletly different
bc in the end people will do anything to stay alive

[Dog19]

Oh :3

[NajemEddine]

moreover i dont have to do anything to be a real man
its not something that have a clear definition

[Dog19]

Okay back to my first question would you try to protect the 13 year old boy

[NajemEddine]

ofc i would wether its a boy girl...

[Waffles731]

false, maybe when the defense primarily was swords or clubs,
These days, Its a handgun which doesn't require strength

[BubbleBoy69]

Alpha male 6'3 boyfriend. Woman feel protected when walking down the street. Robber pulls out hand gun on 6'3 alpha male boyfriend. What happens?

[Waffles731]

@BubbleBoy69 The alpha male either does what the man says or gets shot...
I don't know how it is in Jamaica but here, both men and women can carry

[Octavius]

@BubbleBoy69 As someone who is 6'3 I'm going to give the mugger my fucking wallet...

[Waffles731]

@Octavius
Fuck, my Dad is six-two and is former Air Force Captain (was promoted to major in the inactive reserves during the beginning of the Iraq war but nothing ever came of it), is qualified on grenade launchers, assault rifles, handguns, and played on a rugby team with several Pararescuemen AND HE WOULD HAND THE WALLET OVER.
When someone already has a gun on you, and you haven't even drawn, then the fact is just hand the money, 99.99999 percent of the time they really do mean, I want your wallet, not your life.

[Waffles731]

@Octavius
My mom is the scary one, though

[FatherJack]

In conflict areas , where law & order has broken down , or worse , occupied by opposing troops , women very really DO need protecting. Served on the Croat / Serb peace line in Bosnia in 1996 , we definitely stopped any attempted atrocities by either side , with threat of armed force. Nearly had to use lethal force after being shot at , luckily low power handgun rounds.

[cth96190]

"Luckily" you had "low power handgun rounds".
WTF?
I am a former soldier. Shoot at me then, or now, and the shooter and everyone with them is going to die.

[FatherJack]

@cth96190 You misread fella , the drunken idiots that shot at us ( one even dropped a bottle of Slimovich , a local vodka ) , had what looked to be Markarov pistols. We had SA 80 rifles.

[cth96190]

You are a forgiving soul, FatherJack.
If I took fire from anyone, drunk or sober, the response could come from an M60 (yes, I am that old - lol) and providing the target co-ordinates to my nearest artillery.

[TheUltimateSucc]

No. Men's lifes dont get value from protecting women. There are weapons that women can buy and they can use self defense classes. If she still dies then oh well, its not mens fault. Maybe if we are lucky and quit protecting feminists they will die off and the gene pool will cleanse itself a little bit.

[RegularTK421]

It depends on the circumstance. For family absolutely, or an innocent kid. I wouldn't risk my life for an older woman I don't really know. Say I see a known crack whore being killed in an alleyway, well I'm not fixing to get my eye poked out or my throat slit playing hero for someone who is probably HIV positive as it is. I would have to pass on that one.

[Phoenix98]

I don't have to do anything but I was raised to see it as my duty to protect women and people in general.

In a life or death situation though women and children are a priority over men.

[sweetshyguy]

That's stupid, we all should be equal, man must protect woman and vice versa.

[Phoenix98]

@sweetshyguy *shrugs* that's your opinion.

And we'll never be equal not really men and women are different, always have been always will be, we think different we process things different and we even approach problems differently. And we were created for different things.

[sweetshyguy]

I'm timid even though i'm a man.

[Phoenix98]

@sweetshyguy And that's relevant why?

[sweetshyguy]

Yes because it proves men can be weak too and women can be strong too, gender roles are stupid.

[Phoenix98]

@sweetshyguy And yet when we had gender roles the world actually worked and everything was stable.

Now all we have is confusion and chaos.

[sweetshyguy]

BS you can not generalize people, humans are too diverse, just read what the guy below me wrote

[Phoenix98]

@sweetshyguy History shows I am right.

[truthbeknown]

I do believe that in a primeval way. Women are physically weaker and more biologically valuable because they produce babies. That does indeed need to be protected, especially during pregnancy where there energy and mobility is limited.

[AleDeEurope]

Not anymore. That was something we did back in the day, we even fought wars to protect women and children, but that's not how the world works anymore.

[BubbleQueen]

They don't have to, but their true courage and kindness shows from protecting us.

[DVanx]

No of course not. Men, just like women, are free to live their lives as they want. And men's lives are worth just as much as women's, so men certainly don't have to sacrifice themselves for any random women.

[GirlGuy123]

I think it is more about the warmth and feeling of reassurance.
Otherwise girls can protect themselves.
We have got so many single moms out there.
Guys also need that warmth and feeling of reassurance.

[jman46241]

Women can take care of themselves just fine. I think everyone wants to feel protected every now and then though..