Johanna
I'm not disagreeing that you can take care of yourself. From what I know of you, you're a freakin' badass.
But you know that feeling you get when you want to protect what's yours... including his dumb ass. Willing to bet he feels the same.
I can talk to him about the whole "he's the man" crap but honestly, I can't talk him out of wanting to protect you. I'd have better luck convincing Lian's mom to come to PTA meetings and not kill her teachers for giving her a bad grade.