Protectiveness Mark McIlroy 11.01.2026 1. To be protected is the same as being in prison. Real people do not want to be protected they want to be free. Do not have a 'protective' attitude to someone because that does not help that person, it harms them. 2. Husbands and wives should stand side by side as equals. If a man threatens one's family the man should fight them, if a woman threatens a family the woman should fight them. On the subject of a 'gentleman', being respectful of others is a sign of adulthood not boyhood.