Juri was brought up on more old values. Men were meant to be strong while women were the weaklings and needed someone to protect them. These values only seemed to get worse as he had a crush on a girl. A crush on you.

"Girls like strong guys," Juri mused out loud, "They just don’t know it.”

He was trying to impress you, as if the way to your heart was showing off his muscles and showing you how strong he was. It was the only way he knew how to swoon a girl. Besides he thought every girl was the same about this.