Quote:males exist to diversify the gene pool and protect us from predators
The sexes have evolved way way before any sort of notion of "protection" even came into play. Plenty of species have males that barely interact with females, and those that do tend to use their strength to control, rape and isolate females. Males want to control female reproductive function, not arbitrarily "protect" them because they evolved to be knights in shining armours. Males have historically abused, starved, raped and isolated girls and women to the point that female bones tend to have signs of this abuse, and men didn't give a shit as long as women (and girls) kept popping out babies for them. Don't get your ideas on evolution from romance novels plz
Quote:what predators do we need male protection from at this point? Ah yes, other men! Moids who cannot even do that don't deserve female companionship.
Just...no. I would hope that no woman would date a man just because he knows how to protect his "property" or that she'd find that romantic in any way. This is some conservative gender-role-worshipping horseshit. Sure, the guy might beat you or think you're subhuman, but at least he'll be your knight in shining armour when you get attacked, just like in your romance novels 🥰
People don't act like action movie stars, especially if they are unused to conflict, let alone physical conflict, doubly so in the modern world (for better of for worse). I would not blame anyone for freezing or feeling scared. These videos are posted to mock men for not being "real men" by the same crowds who then watch "crazy Karen meltdown" videos. The same men who fancy themselves "protectors" will spend most of their time making excuses for rapists and domestic abusers.
The man who freezes might be someone who's anxious and has never physically fought with anyone in his life because he doesn't like violence or he could be some gamer loser who's willfully isolated himself from any real life difficulties. The man who fights back might be someone who happened to have had to physically subdue unruly men, or he might be an aggressive maniac who's used to blowing up and fighting with other men (in my experience the latter is much more common). Bottom line is that a man's tendency to get violent says absolutely nothing about how good of a partner he is and especially whether he respects women or not.
Also, the person who came to this woman's rescue was, guess what, a man. So it's bizarre to use this example to prove men aren't even good for protecting women when there are countless examples of them doing that because, surprise surprise, men are socialised to feel like badasses when fighting. It says absolutely nothing about how much they value women or their romantic partners. Men do shallow shit all the time that gets sold to women as "protection" and "romance" and women are suckers who buy into it even though men couldn't give a damn about them.
If "cowardice" and "protection" is what we're evaluating people by, then other women suck at that. I have constantly had women stand on the side and not even help when there was no danger, just physical help that was needed, and they wouldn't lift a finger. I also have my doubts that most women I know would have my back if it came to physical confrontation. The difference is that I don't blame them or anyone for reacting this way because I recognise reacting in the moment is not easy and there are far more important metrics to whether someone is a good person, let alone a feminist (although I do think everyone and especially women should be encouraged to be in touch with their physicality for when the need arises).
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