do you think men are naturally possessive?

I know women are at least so the same could be said for men I'd guess. I'm very unapologetic about it and dont view myself as the problem. My possessiveness extends to even platonic family or friendship love. I dont like to share. Period. When I like a person whether they accept it or not I consider them mine be it a friend or a lover. In my head I own them.

Possessiveness is its own yin and yang. It can be good in limited quantities as far as being protective goes but when it becomes overbearing and controlling it has gone to far. However that being said there are plenty of possessive women too. This is not exclusively a masculine trait.as far as whether it is nature or nurture I would say both. Just as you may have similar personality traits to your parents the same can be said of learned behaviors from them and others around you. It can also be a byproduct of insecurity if it is of the overbearing kind or a desire to protect a love one if its minor.

No, I only think that we become obsessive when we think were going to lose someone because we feel like there going to leave us for someone else. They meet other guys and talk and hang out with that guy for a while on there freetime and talk the same way we did when we met, so our natural instincts are she thinks I am not worthy, I need to show her I am going to protect her and be there for her or she is going to leave me for him, I better show her whose boss so she knows I can be a better man and show her I can be the man she wants me to be. So that is usually where the possessive side comes out of us.

I'd say it's a bit of both. Different cultures have widely varying ideas of what's a reasonable degree of possessive behaviour.

Human are just naturally possesive of the people they are closest to.

If someone's invested a lot emotionally into a relationship with another person then they would be very much hurt if that relationship were suddenly broken or disrupted so they tend to be actively protective of their relationship and watchful for threats to it's future, which is what posessiveness is.

It's perfectly natural. Even children and pets get possesive.

It has nothing to do with capitalism or owning people or some dumb s***.

People who try to pass lack of possesiveness as some kind of virtue are just trying to mask their own indiference and lack of investment in others.

Its got a lot more to to with who society trains men to be selfish. Men and women both seem to act like their partner is their property.

nope - I think people are possessive if they learn to think that humans are supposed to have only one relationship (even though that might not match human nature), or that people are supposed to be loyal to each other (even though environment shapes behaviour), or to use the word *my* bf/gf to describe someone they like (even though they don't own them).

I'd say women (with boyfriend)

No more than women are.