I don’t base my concerns from the sex of a person alone, but by varying degrees of other circumstances. I’ve always been somewhat protective of my younger sisters, but I get just as concerned when my teenage nephew decides to go to the playground alone, or when one of my male buddies tells me he’s going to a rather hostile dive bar for a quick beer.
My argument isn’t that we should not be concerned about the safety of the vulnerable, but the drastic ways that society treats males in distress vs women. I was rather sickened by that one show a couple of years ago (I forgot what it’s called) where they had a woman and a man pose as homeless people. The event was staged, and the aggressors (a group of teens) were actors too. The kids harassed the homeless guy in a crowded public area, and only one guy came to his aid. When the woman was harrassed literally half the town stopped.
What I find sick (yes sick) about this wasn’t the fact that more people came to the woman’s aid than the man’s, but the fact that his safety was of such little concern to others on such a high level when compared to the woman. No wonder so many males grow up being hostile, for we plant the negativity in them. As a person who’s stuck up for both vulnerable men and women my entire life, this macho culture makes me sick.