Look, we all know you're more than capable of standing on your own two feet, but it's also nice to know that you have someone ready to protect you if you ever need it. Your man will happily let you handle yourself at a bar, but the moment that a creepy stranger starts crossing the line, he'll be there to teach them a thing or two about respecting your boundaries.
Your guy is also protective when he's not physically close to you. If he knows you've been out for a night with the girls, he'll always text or call to make sure you got home okay. You know that if anything happened he'd be the first person to start a search party, and that can be a very comforting thought in such a dangerous world.