That may have been sarcasm, but it misrepresented my point willfully to do so.
It did not misrepresent your point. It contradicted your point. Because your point is wrong.
We've all agreed that when speaking of averages, men and women have some inherent differences. Assuming your thesis is correct that these difference go beyond muscle mass and body shape/size and that there are certain traits more intrinsic to average men and certain traits more intrinsic to average men, we should probably recognize that being "protective" is not a male trait. It's arguably a female trait.
Male traits may include: Highly aggressive, territorial, sexually dominant. If you want to strip it down to hard-wired traits, men don't protect women. They dominate them.
But it's not all about hard-wired traits. Most lawful men dominate "their" woman/en to the degree negotiated between them (generally non-verbally). They've figured out that sex is more fun when it's consensual, for a variety of reasons ranging from affection to not going to jail. But the whole "men protect women" thing not only bullshit, but it also reinforces the idea that men's will takes precedent over women's will.
The idea that men are inherently protective of women--whether the woman in question wants/needs to be protected or not--is an attempt to justify a man satisfy his lust for dominance by demanding that a woman submit to his will.
You know how most people are are kinda' opposed to the increasing militarization of police, and the attitude that "civilians" are not like them, but are different and subject to the whims of the police, because the police are the arbiters of law and order and you WILL submit to the will of the police, no matter how unlawful, because they're the (heavily armed) arbiters of law and order?
Yeah...me too.
But in my world, you're arguing that it's good to foster and reinforce that attitude in men towards women. Particularly military men towards women.
No, men don't inherently protect weaker people like women and children. Men inherently dominate them. When men don't keep their inherent dominance within the bounds of acceptable behavior, depending on the degree, that might be called rape. It might also be called "protecting you whether you want it or not, because that's just the way we are."
If, of course, we are going to accept that there are inherently male and female traits. I'm gonna go with on average, there are.
No, I don't.
So, what you're saying is, you deliberately made a spurious argument in an attempt to "win" a conversation, despite the clear irrationality in the argument?
Ok. Just so long as we're clear on that.