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I would like to hear your views regarding the idea that women need to be protected

I am mostly interested in women's opinions but if you guys got sth to say, say it.. it's a good willed based concept, but I think results in strange conditions. What are your views, needs/ takes ?
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No. Women and girls should be raised with the idea that it’s okay to protect themselves, and should be taught how. When I took self-defense classes, the hardest part for me was getting past the feeling of not wanting to hurt someone, and the instructor advised me that many women share that disadvantage. Unfortunately, an attacker would have no compunctions about harming them. But girls (even now) are raised to be gentle and docile, in most cultures. Boys aren’t.

The other aspect of women as a "protected" class is, traditionally that protection has included control. Restricting your freedoms in order to keep you safe.
We’re human beings, too, and most of us want the freedom to make our own decisions, come and go as we want, just like men do.