Benevolence needs boundaries, even though that is not the design.
Passive Benevolence is the natural expression of a Homo Sapien in a physiological state of joy, ease, harmony. But the present world’s fuckery makes it impossible to be in that state while staying alive and sane.
This is why Benenvolence needs boundaries. It is a mal-adaptation of our naturalness to cope with the present-day state of Sapien culture.
Before we only needed boundaries for life threat from natural predators like a lion or crocodile. Now we need boundaries from our own kind (unnatural predators) as well as natural predators. Therefore protecting onself is not a role we give to someone, but a capacity we must ALL develop while also retaining our anchor in our natural state of passive benevolence.