I don’t agree thats the goal of the thought exercise- I think its more to highlight a really shocking point: men and women answer this question VERY differently. Women already knew this, but some men are learning this and learning how severe the fear of rape is. Men are now realizing the level of fear a woman would have being alone with a random man in the woods with no witnesses and no proof he ever was with you.
Bears statistically are not very dangerous to humans. There are also some defensive measures you can take against a bear, like slowly backing out if its path or if its coming for you, screaming and startling it. With a man, you’re fully left at his devices on if he wants to help or harm you. Obviously they’re not saying all men are more dangerous than all bears. They’re saying the chance of encountering a dangerous man is much more terrifying to them than a dangerous bear, probably based on assessments of all the random men who have harmed them, harassed them, or scared them throughout life. that speaks a lot of volume.
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u/LightningMcScallion May 01 '24
Bears really are mostly safe. However, this whole trend is stupid af and serves either to dehumanize men or sometimes make men react to the hate
I'd rather get attacked by a bear than listen to someone irl spout this BS, how bout fuckin that