For men who have had children – did you feel an instinct/a desire to be more protectiveof the woman carrying your child when she was pregnant?

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1. Of course I did, that’s my kid she’s carrying around in that belly.

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3. Protection… from what?

4. Not really I didn’t want her to feel like a burden but I did help when she asked

5. Very much so and even more after each child was born

6. Yes, although it was probably a bit different for us since she was heavily pregnant during the peak of the Covid lockdowns, so it was more about protecting them from getting sick.

7. Yes

8. No

9. Yes, very much.

10. Of course, given the changed physical state along with the while instinctive thing going on.

11. Yes