Men as protectors?

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Men as protectors?
Who men protecting woman from?
Exactly?
Because IF your Only answer is ‘other men’!
And IF you cannot see how batshit insane that problem is...
How deeply flawed that logic is?
How crazy that sounds?
?
...THEN I am Not smart enough to explain it to you.
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A Man and a Woman hug each other lovingly.

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Her:

“I feel so safe in your arms”

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Him

“You should not need my arms to feel safe”

“You whole world should feel safe anyway”

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Her:

<pushing away and punching his arm playfully>

“Shut up!”

“I’m trying to be nice here”

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<There is a pause as she returns to hugging him.>

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Her:

“Well then”

She whispers…

“How do you feel in my arms?”

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Him:

“Like a real person”

“Validated”

“Whole again”
“You Feel like home”

“A Home I never knew I was homesick for”

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Her:

“You should not need my arms to feel that way”

“You should feel real, valid and human anyway”

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<They hug each other tighter>

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Him:

<silently thinking>

‘ i wish i could believe that ’

.

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She has a form of strength he can never know

Never understand

Never have

Never be.

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