>>520391982
Or, the ring symbolizes a bond to another who can be used as leverage to "control" you.
You're much less likely to be "problematic", when the cost of being "problematic" is losing who the ring binds you to.
You can only reliably defend yourself at all times. It's much more difficult to defend without being possessive in a hostile world. 
A trait which "modern" women reject with prejudice.
It all seems so manufactured, there's a ying/yang to fucking everything.