Alison points out that women are so much weaker naturally that they naturally feel unsafe until they can identify the nature of a man as a “sheep dog” or a “wolf.”
She says she lives alone in the country (her husband having recently passed on) but she consoles herself that “wolves” are actually not that numerous - and she knows a “sheepdog” on every point of the compass who has a carry permit and would show up prepared for battle if she needed it.
One of the main issues, IMO, is that young women think they have the ability to tame a man; they try to turn wolves INTO a sheep dogs.
But it doesn’t work that way.