Hello people, I'm a 24-year-old boy, and I've been pondering a question brought about by a recent event of mine. I would like to find out how you would react if you were in a situation where your health and/or life is threatened (assault, robbery, etc.) when you are alone and when you are together with a person dear to you. I ask this question because I do things and react in a way that I would never if I was in the same situation, but alone. Some time ago, my girlfriend and I got robbed by a group of guys. In a situation like this, if I'm alone, I'd try to escape (in this case, however, heels and running don't go hand in hand) in which there's nothing to be ashamed of - even an absolutely rational decision given that no one has any chance when it's so numerically outnumbered. So let's get back to the subject - I was afraid - yes, but at times less when I'm in charge of someone else's life, let alone a life of one dear to you. Going running seemed like the last thing I could do in the world. It's like my sense of self-preservation goes into the background. Somehow I felt like I didn't care if I was beaten, stabbed, or whatever, as long as I could protect the man with me. Is that instinct? And if it is, is it normal for this instinct to be so much stronger than a sense of self-preservation?
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honeybunny293 answered · June 16, 2020
It's normal, with that, you prove that you love the girl next to you from your heart. And in time when you have children, you will see how you will tremble on them, this is normal for any self-respecting man. Your act is manly. Say hello to you, dude.
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alexxamiller answered · June 16, 2020
It's instinct. It's normal because a man has evolved to protect the lives of women and children. The children of those men who didn't have it had less chance of surviving. And from there, this type of genes and behavior did not persist at the expense of the other. Do they even teach you anything in biology class? ...
If you mean, is this behavior personal to you? Not necessarily. Genes develop to favor the species, not the individual. Like any instinct, he can be turned against you as a person. There is also social programming naturally, what were the duties of the man (for the woman we know there are no obligations), but the stronger is instinct.