how old are you? 

 Old as Methusalem. 

 Someone who is alone, unprotected, and abandoned is the most free. He lives in perfect anarchy. 

 Most adults will happily trade some ounce of freedom for interhuman cooperation, to increase their ability to survive, thrive, and successfully reproduce.

Women, by Nature, will generally have to trade more of it.
The same goes for all typical dependents: the ill, the infirm, children, the elderly, etc.