"What you just said. I - do not talk or act towards women differently than men." The implications of that did not even begin to occur to him. "I've trained both. I've eliminated both. It's..."

He spread his hands. That difference hadn't occurred to him.

Why, yes, Fuu, if the most imposing, authoritative man you know had been there in your place, and by some obscure chance he'd let them in as close as he'd let you in? He would have acted the exact same way. Hope this might help.