Probably somewhat rooted in biology. If a bunch of men go to war and only a few come back alive, then those few can still impregnate the whole female population and their society can continue. If the reverse happens and a whole lot of women go to war and only a few come back to their loving husbands waiting for them at home, there isn't going to be much of a future for that society.
I actually think kind of opposite you of you, however. I think we should just stop trying to protect people in general so much. I don't think it prepares people to handle the harsh world so well if we're eager to shield them from it. More females than males attempt suicide, for example, and the majority of the males who attempt suicide are raised by single mothers. My conjecture there is that the majority of those males committing suicide have not been prepared to face the harsh world out there as men, and that the greater number of female suicide attempts is for similar reasons.
If you're protected and coddled all your life, it doesn't prepare you for harsh realities: for tragedies, crises, etc. It might make you an optimist when things are going well only to turn into the most negative and cynical person when things aren't. The whole act of being a man is to be a realist and an optimist: the type of person who can still guide everyone to their well-being even during a time of crisis, e. g. Those types are generally very psychologically stable.117 Reply- +1 y
What I mean by not trying to hard to protect anyone is this: take a bully victim, for, example. Doesn't matter if it's a "he" or a "she", but let's just go with "he". Let's say we find him crying at home after having been bullied and teased all day at school.
The very protective approach is to coddle him, hug him, tell him it's okay to cry, and then get outraged and try to contact school authorities and parents to solve this problem for him and maybe even try to go on bullying campaigns. That approach can work if you can turn the world into a giant safe space. It doesn't work if you fall short of that, and that bully victim might find him constantly singled out by assholes for the rest of his life, maybe even to commit suicide at some point.
The approach I favor is not so protective. It might lend the boy a firm hand, encourage him to stand straight, chin up, wipe away those tears (not demanding it, inspiring it) and teach him to have pride, confidence... - +1 y
... teach him how to carry himself with dignity and not let others break him down. We might even teach him how to defend himself if a fight is unavoidable, but also teach him not to instigate fights he can avoid.
This "less protective" approach is far more effective psychologically as I see it to prepare him to face the harsh world out there because, as parents, we can't protect our children 24/7, and we especially can't be around to protect them all the time when they're adults. - +1 y
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Is this guy a white knight?
Nelson is 16 years old. He has a crush on a female friend and told her about it, he also gave her a cupcake, she turned him down and said they could be friends instead, she instead dates a ghetto thug dude who beats her up and calls her a fat whore. Nelson sees her and says it's okay I'll take care of you. Nelson cooks her, buys a first aid kit and helps wash the blood off her face, put on brand AIDS and smiles kindly at her. He also said her natural hair was beautiful and she should keep taking care of it. - +1 y
What are his motives? White knight is like someone who thinks they can rescue the damsel in distress with the hope that she will now fall in love with him. They have ulterior motives beyond just being kind to a girl. For example, if the girl thanks Nelson and then starts dating another guy who treats her well, and Nelson is jealous and resentful rather than happy for her, then he might be a bit of a white knight.
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He didn't think she was going to date him and he was okay with that fact. He just wanted to help her out and make sure she was okay after her boyfriend beat her up. Nelson actually met her boyfriend and he was funny but Nelson was a little scared of him and worried he might end up like her if he said the wrong thing in front of him.
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In that case I don't see anything white knight about it, just decent human being. That said, I think that type of person is really rare. Far more often, I see guys use kindness as a way to try to attract girls. You can tell because they'll practically broadcast their white knighthood by complaining when the girls they were so nice towards picked someone else.
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I've actually never met anyone like Nelson so he sounds kind of unbelievable to me. :-D The closest I knew was a guy who was really kind. He was a bit fat but was always nice to every girl, chasing after them and trying to give them his jacket if it was cold. That said, as nice as he was, he was still horny and still had at least some hope that his kindness would pay off some day with girls. He ended up getting frustrated and became addicted to prostitutes.
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One day Nelson met a new female friend. He liked her because she was funny and bubbly. She is in a relationship with a guy named Quan. Quan is tall, handsome and poplar. Nelson sees Quan and her together and he smiles. Nelson thinks Quan is really attractive and gets hard thinking about him undressed. Nelson is embarrassed about being aroused by Quan but hides it the best he can. One day Quan calls Nelson a little bitch and Nelson says nothing. Quan kisses Nelson on the lips and Nelson moans with pleasure. Nelson gets on his knees and sucks Quan off knowing he's in a relationship
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Nelson sees Quan's girlfriend and nearly cried. He felt so guilty that he had sex with her boyfriend. He started to avoid talking to her, said she couldn't join his study groups anymore. She offered to pay but Nelson said no. He won't look her in the eye anyone and avoids Quan and her.
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Unfortunately Nelson continues to have sex with Quan. Quan breaks up with the other girl though. Nelson loves sucking off Quan and he loves when Quan tongue kisses him. Nelson also loves when Quan fingers his butt. Sometimes Nelson's is afraid of pooping on Quan so they don't do it as often as he likes
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+1 yWhite knights think some girl will madly fall in love with them because they are so over-protective. I understand where it's coming from. Girls are typically unapproachable and picky, so it probably seems more effective to white knight your way into a girl's life than rely on blind luck. In reality it's just obnoxious though.
Tl;dr they don't want to stay virgins forever but are thinking about it the wrong way16 Reply- +1 y
Is this guy a white knight?
Nelson is 16 years old. He has a crush on a female friend and told her about it, he also gave her a cupcake, she turned him down and said they could be friends instead, she instead dates a ghetto thug dude who beats her up and calls her a fat whore. Nelson sees her and says it's okay I'll take care of you. Nelson cooks her, buys a first aid kit and helps wash the blood off her face, put on brand AIDS and smiles kindly at her. He also said her natural hair was beautiful and she should keep taking care of it.
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It's only white knighting if he wouldn't do that for his male friends. So probably. People aren't so nice that they can get rejected and still be that kind without an underlying motive. Call me what you want but I would have ignored it out of principal. Most other guys would do the same.
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If you're that kind of guy then it's not white knighting. It just means he has a strong enough backbone to not be bitter after being rejected.
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I didn't get the invitation, try it again
Because they think they're meant to
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+1 yI am like this because of a few reasons.
1. I'm androphobic and distrustful of other guys due to sexual violence against me.
2. I'm friends with girls who have are victims as well.
3. Women's rights and safety are constantly threatened with societies victimization and rape cultures. I want to help.14 Reply- +1 y
Is this guy a white knight?
Nelson is 16 years old. He has a crush on a female friend and told her about it, he also gave her a cupcake, she turned him down and said they could be friends instead, she instead dates a ghetto thug dude who beats her up and calls her a fat whore. Nelson sees her beat up, crying and says it's okay I'll take care of you. Nelson cooks for her, buys a first aid kit and helps wash the blood off her face, put on brand AIDS and smiles kindly at her. He also said her natural hair was beautiful and she should keep taking care of it. - +1 y
I don't think so. He just seems like a nice guy with a good heart.
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One day Nelson met a new female friend. He liked her because she was funny and bubbly. She is in a relationship with a guy named Quan. Quan is tall, handsome and poplar. Nelson sees Quan and her together and he smiles. Nelson thinks Quan is really attractive and gets hard thinking about him undressed. Nelson is embarrassed about being aroused by Quan but hides it the best he can. One day Quan calls Nelson a little bitch and Nelson says nothing. Quan kisses Nelson on the lips and Nelson moans with pleasure. Nelson gets on his knees and sucks Quan off knowing he's in a relationship.
Is Nelson a bad person - +1 y
Not necessarily in my opinion, he didn't have any malice I could see. He just seems to have gotten swept up in the heat of the moment with someone he finds attractive.
+1 yIt's not worship. You said it yourself it's protection. Over-protection is a thing. But that comes naturally to men of women. That's just nature. Men don't normally need protection by other men. So it doesn't normally happen.
But children do normally get the same protection as women. From these kinds of men. So kids-- boys included-- are also protected.10 ReplyBecause women have what men desire most, vagina. They think that treating women nice will give them a higher chance of having access to vagina. Men don't have a vagina, and in fact they're also competing for it, so there's no reason to spend energy being nice to men when it will only decrease the chance that you'll get vagina.
10 Reply1.9K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. There is a biological urge to protect women and children. It comes from a deep seated instinct in men. The source is probably that in a small tribe to loose half of the women would create a situation where the tribe might take up to 6 generations to recover while loosing half of the men only one generation. Hence biologically men are expendable.
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+1 yThey believe that this is a strategy in getting sex
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Is this guy a white knight?
Nelson is 16 years old. He has a crush on a female friend and told her about it, he also gave her a cupcake, she turned him down and said they could be friends instead, she instead dates a ghetto thug dude who beats her up and calls her a fat whore. Nelson sees her and says it's okay I'll take care of you. Nelson cooks her, buys a first aid kit and helps wash the blood off her face, put on brand AIDS and smiles kindly at her. He also said her natural hair was beautiful and she should keep taking care of it.
+1 yI don't understand it either, seems pretty fucked. Also I don't belive in real platonic friendship between men and women tbh. So that makes it even more strange for me. Maybe they just want to keep the girl for an opportunity to fuck
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Is this guy a white knight?
Nelson is 16 years old. He has a crush on a female friend and told her about it, he also gave her a cupcake, she turned him down and said they could be friends instead, she instead dates a ghetto thug dude who beats her up and calls her a fat whore. Nelson sees her beat up, crying and says it's okay I'll take care of you. Nelson cooks for her, buys a first aid kit and helps wash the blood off her face, put on brand AIDS and smiles kindly at her. He also said her natural hair was beautiful and she should keep taking care of it. He didn't ask for sex, he was okay with the fact she wasn't interested in sex - +1 y
Depends, for me that's normal supportive behavior but I wouldn't help her after getting turned down.
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He just wanted to be nice and make sure she was okay. he is a little scared of her boyfriend though.
One day Nelson met a new female friend. He liked her because she was funny and bubbly. She is in a relationship with a guy named Quan. Quan is tall, handsome and poplar. Nelson sees Quan and her together and he smiles. Nelson thinks Quan is really attractive and gets hard thinking about him undressed. Nelson is embarrassed about being aroused by Quan but hides it the best he can. One day Quan calls Nelson a little bitch and Nelson says nothing. Quan kisses Nelson on the lips and Nelson moans with pleasure. Nelson gets on his knees and sucks Quan off knowing he's in a relationship do you think Nelson is a horrible person?
Anonymous(30-35)+1 ydepends some men for pussy
some because they see women as some greek goddess bull shit
some men just lie
me on the other hand I do not trust any of you bitches12 Reply- +1 y
Is this guy a white knight?
Nelson is 16 years old. He has a crush on a female friend and told her about it, he also gave her a cupcake, she turned him down and said they could be friends instead, she instead dates a ghetto thug dude who beats her up and calls her a fat whore. Nelson sees her and says it's okay I'll take care of you. Nelson cooks her, buys a first aid kit and helps wash the blood off her face, put on brand AIDS and smiles kindly at her. He also said her natural hair was beautiful and she should keep taking care of it.
Opinion Owner+1 yno that guy is too good for her
if anything he should stay away from her
she made her own choice
she is stupid
+1 yI worship women. They are heaven sent and the only reason in life. They are the missing peices. They are meant and deserve to be worshipped.
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I didn't say you were creepy. I said you were being weird asking hypothetical questions. And thats why I dont call. You are spaced out and not the same person I talked to which was a great person all around. I just stepped back and been watching.
+1 yI actually don't worship anything or anyone but just feel it's the need, you know, what it's right and what I should do to protect the girl I love. it's hard to go deep into it to explain.
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ahhh well. I'd give him comfort words :)
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Is this guy a white knight?
Nelson is 16 years old. He has a crush on a female friend and told her about it, he also gave her a cupcake, she turned him down and said they could be friends instead, she instead dates a ghetto thug dude who beats her up and calls her a fat whore. Nelson sees her and says it's okay I'll take care of you. Nelson cooks her, buys a first aid kit and helps wash the blood off her face, put on brand AIDS and smiles kindly at her. He also said her natural hair was beautiful and she should keep taking care of it.
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Well I bet he is. Heroic action I may add, then.
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One day Nelson met a new female friend. He liked her because she was funny and bubbly. She is in a relationship with a guy named Quan. Quan is tall, handsome and poplar. Nelson sees Quan and her together and he smiles. Nelson thinks Quan is really attractive and gets hard thinking about him undressed. Nelson is embarrassed about being aroused by Quan but hides it the best he can. One day Quan calls Nelson a little bitch and Nelson says nothing. Quan kisses Nelson on the lips and Nelson moans with pleasure. Nelson gets on his knees and sucks Quan off knowing he's in a relationship
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this is going really far as a response to my mind as I could've thought. Haha can't really answer anymore :(
+1 yI don't really know, I only worship abstractions.
Ancient people worship their God even though they lived through many natural disasters, maybe it's the same sort of faith 😂00 ReplyBecause women are goddesses and deserve to be worshipped
20 ReplyGood question they tend to put the 😺on a pedestal
10 ReplyHoney that's what we call a "cuck".
10 Reply347 opinions shared on Society & Politics topic. People worship things they view as superior.
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+1 yWhy do some women worship men?
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+1 yBecause these men are wimps and gay lords
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+1 yBecause you poo rose pettles, and your bewtiful.
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