I am an independent woman who believes in the value of self rescue and married to a man for 38 years who my ability to be so independent has not reduced his "male" drive to "protect" all the females in this family, daughters, granddaughters and he finds another way to offer his "protection" to us. My husband has never waivered from being a strong Alpha male and he likes my "independence" he finds that a big help and enables him to focus on his job.