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2 min readNov 22, 2023

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I don't. It's not about gender. It's about being a social species. In order to maintain social bonds, in our particular case here we're talking about safety within the public Commons, we all have to pitch in to keep aggression and territorial disputes out of common areas.

Otherwise you have no basis of perceived safety amongst each other. If you can't trust that you won't be attacked for no damn reason you've got no reason to engage with someone socially and every reason to believe them to be a threat whenever they're near you.

In order to be and reap the benefits of being a social species, we ALL have to be providers and protectors of each other and the Commons.

It's not about gender.

It's not an empty title that phallicked indiviuals get to use as a cudgel to beat down on labial individuals.

It's an intrinsic part of the human experience. One men, through the propaganda of mascilinity culture are failing at. You're weakening social bonds via alpha ideology bullshit.

But this guy, appears to get it. He has a better understanding of what it means to be human than those who think Provider & Protector™ is solely meant to glorify men and give them purpose in life and all that shit.

It's not a championship title.

Being a provider, being a protector mostly happens in the quiet moments of daily life and without a lot of fanfare. It happens before there's a problem by thinking rationally about what's going on around you and responding proactively without having to be begged and without transaction.

I'm a provider. I'm a protector. I'm also a woman. This is not about gender.

Providing and protecting is not a racket. It is also not bound to men or manhood alone or owned by men or manhood.

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