Civilization hasn't arisen, you are physically weaker than men, there's no birth control, and if you are expelled from the social group, you will die.

Let's reduce things to a tribe with 1 woman and 3 men.

One man will always run from a hostile threat. One man will always negotiate with a hostile threat. One man will always fight a hostile threat.

A man with a spear is running towards the tribe, the first tribesman will immediately run away. The negotiator is immediately killed, and the final man attempts to fight the threat.

Either the fighter kills the threat and keeps the woman, or the threat kills the fighter and takes the woman.

Who would you resent the most? The nice guy, and the coward.

Who would give you the tingles? The alpha fighter, and the bad boy villain.