You know what it is? It’s because women have to walk the world always subconsciously afraid of being harmed or assaulted by some man. We are taught it, this thought is cultivated in our minds and unfortunately it is sometimes true. I’m pretty sure that the majority of men don’t walk down a street past another man or a group of men and wonder if they shouldn’t have because they might be raped, whereas a woman might very well might be afraid of this with good reason.  Of course girls like to have a big, strong man that makes them feel safe and makes them feel like he’d protect them. This is why I think that if the world was coming to an end one of the biggest fights would be women throwing themselves at the mercy of any man that makes them feel safe and protected…more than likely a man that is bigger than most…because it’s human nature. The ladies would be fighting to get under the protective wing of this sort of man for themselves and any children they might have.  Women would give up a lot and often do now just to feel safe.

@Blind_Paraplegic - Okay….first I agree with your point that men can be more physically threatened by other men, but you missed my point in my saying that women do often choose a man because he’s bigger than she is and makes her feel physically safe in the world, as well as a whole host of other reasons also.

So according to you women are less menaced than men? 

Well even if we aren’t getting threatened with rape every other day, would you not say that when a woman is walking down the street and a seemingly harmless and friendly seeming man walking by that then turns on a dime and leers at her like she is just a warm hole to pierce is not also being menaced in some way?  He may never make a move and she may never have the physical threat of violence placed in her path, but she certain won’t feel very good about about that man or possibly men in general with such an encounter.  She probably won’t feel safe even if she thinks the guy wouldn’t assault her. 

There are plenty of ways that a man can break down a woman that don’t have to involve physical violence.

And even better still…this sort of social, sexual leering is more acceptable public behaviour than one man fighting another because society at large acts like men just can’t help but act that way.  Does any man out there that indiscreetly eye humps a woman ever think that the look of disgust on her face if she might be giving if he’s caught doing it might be coming more from deeply placed fear than just thinking he’s a creep?  Does anyone care that being confronted with this sort of treatment day in and day out, from possibly multiple men of any age can really scare some women?  Naturally women are drawn to a man she thinks will protect her, even if his protection isn’t coming from physical strength as much as it might come from mental strength. 

I myself don’t have such fears about men in general…but I certain know a whole lot of women that do and have expressed this.

I couldn’t tell you how many women I’ve heard commenting on their man, especially if he is bigger and stronger than she is, always say how safe she feels because he is such a big, strong man.  Even if a man is a coward a woman might still choose to be with him if he is a big, strong man simply because of the possibilities that could come with a man his size.

I’m not really trying to argue with you…I just found it sort of weird and offensive that you would come on the attack instead of debate this issue with respect.  I don’t even know you…so I don’t get that sort of behaviour. Sorry if something I said ruffled your feathers the wrong direction.