“Always choose the bear” ??

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hate the whole man/bear thing. Yes, men suck, and I am concerned as the next woman about sexual assault, but if you google the manner in which bears actually kill and eat prey (not at all the same as big cats), I think most women would choose the man.

The entire trope seems extremely misandrist.

Agree. I hate lumping any demographic. I get the concept but overwhelmingly, men will help you. I realize those few who won't are bad news. But the relative risk is very low.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_(novel)
There is an old romance novel that jazzes up the idea of choosing the bear. I thought it was hilarious that it seemed to regain popularity/exposure during the man/bear debate.

Does anyone remember that episode of Northern Exposure where Maggie falls in love with that man living in a cave, and he turns out to be an actual bear?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone said this during a training on a new timekeeping system this morning and everyone laughed.

I don’t get it.

Choose the bear" is a phrase referring to a viral social media trend where women are asked to choose between being alone in the woods with a bear or a strange man. Almost universally, women choose the bear, stating it's a more predictable and less frightening choice than a man.

Picked up by women asking their husbands if they'd prefer their lost daughters in the woods to encounter a bear or a strange man. The men pick the bear for that too.

All that means is that they asked men who don’t go outdoors much. If they had a daughter lost in the woods IRL, heck yeah they’d want them to run into a man.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone said this during a training on a new timekeeping system this morning and everyone laughed.

I don’t get it.

Choose the bear" is a phrase referring to a viral social media trend where women are asked to choose between being alone in the woods with a bear or a strange man. Almost universally, women choose the bear, stating it's a more predictable and less frightening choice than a man.

Picked up by women asking their husbands if they'd prefer their lost daughters in the woods to encounter a bear or a strange man. The men pick the bear for that too.

I saw a video of a woman asking her husband how safe he’d feel in a prison shower. Would he choose prison shower or bear? He absolutely picked the bear, and had some tiny revelation of what thought process women go through while evaluating safety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone said this during a training on a new timekeeping system this morning and everyone laughed.

I don’t get it.

Choose the bear" is a phrase referring to a viral social media trend where women are asked to choose between being alone in the woods with a bear or a strange man. Almost universally, women choose the bear, stating it's a more predictable and less frightening choice than a man.

Picked up by women asking their husbands if they'd prefer their lost daughters in the woods to encounter a bear or a strange man. The men pick the bear for that too.

I saw a video of a woman asking her husband how safe he’d feel in a prison shower. Would he choose prison shower or bear? He absolutely picked the bear, and had some tiny revelation of what thought process women go through while evaluating safety.

Her husband is unfamiliar with bears.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well you don’t really have a choice if it’s bear week.

Are you trying to mock Pride Week ?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well you don’t really have a choice if it’s bear week.

Are you trying to mock Pride Week ?

Are you for real

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone said this during a training on a new timekeeping system this morning and everyone laughed.

I don’t get it.

Choose the bear" is a phrase referring to a viral social media trend where women are asked to choose between being alone in the woods with a bear or a strange man. Almost universally, women choose the bear, stating it's a more predictable and less frightening choice than a man.

Picked up by women asking their husbands if they'd prefer their lost daughters in the woods to encounter a bear or a strange man. The men pick the bear for that too.

I saw a video of a woman asking her husband how safe he’d feel in a prison shower. Would he choose prison shower or bear? He absolutely picked the bear, and had some tiny revelation of what thought process women go through while evaluating safety.

Her husband is unfamiliar with bears.

-and prison showers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone said this during a training on a new timekeeping system this morning and everyone laughed.

I don’t get it.

Choose the bear" is a phrase referring to a viral social media trend where women are asked to choose between being alone in the woods with a bear or a strange man. Almost universally, women choose the bear, stating it's a more predictable and less frightening choice than a man.

Picked up by women asking their husbands if they'd prefer their lost daughters in the woods to encounter a bear or a strange man. The men pick the bear for that too.

I saw a video of a woman asking her husband how safe he’d feel in a prison shower. Would he choose prison shower or bear? He absolutely picked the bear, and had some tiny revelation of what thought process women go through while evaluating safety.

Her husband is unfamiliar with bears.

Not really. Just because you don’t agree doesn’t mean other people can’t have a different view. Are you the mansplainer from above? You’re not doing a good job of making women feel safer with men when you continually ridicule and make sexual assault jokes. Just makes the bear point even stronger really 🤷‍♀️

[Anonymous]

Why do men get upset about this meme? Literally they are the biggest danger to women and other men. They commit almost all violent crime. Not all men are predators, but basically all predators are men. And women who commit violent acts are usually abuse survivors of men. If you don't understand why a woman who encountered a strange man in the woods would be scared, you are insane. At least the bear lives there and might just be going about its business. The man is probably up to no good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do men get upset about this meme? Literally they are the biggest danger to women and other men. They commit almost all violent crime. Not all men are predators, but basically all predators are men. And women who commit violent acts are usually abuse survivors of men. If you don't understand why a woman who encountered a strange man in the woods would be scared, you are insane. At least the bear lives there and might just be going about its business. The man is probably up to no good.

Because it paints all men based upon a few, e.g., all women are gold diggers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do men get upset about this meme? Literally they are the biggest danger to women and other men. They commit almost all violent crime. Not all men are predators, but basically all predators are men. And women who commit violent acts are usually abuse survivors of men. If you don't understand why a woman who encountered a strange man in the woods would be scared, you are insane. At least the bear lives there and might just be going about its business. The man is probably up to no good.

Because it paints all men based upon a few, e.g., all women are gold diggers.

Women can’t look at a man and decide if he’s going to rape her or not. Taking precautions is not painting all men poorly. You really don’t seem to see the other side. Willfully ignorant. Ask any women in your life if they’ve been assaulted or sexually harassed. Almost all women have experienced this at some point in our lives, starting as early as like 10! Why can’t you grasp that? If you don’t think this applies to you (ie being more dangerous than a bear), then good! Take it and go forth and do good in the world! If it doesn’t apply to you, you have no reason to be so upset. If it doesn’t apply to you, be better than those men. Be an ally to women, not just in lip service but in action. Call out bad behaviour of other men. If you’re just going to keep b****ing and complaining about women being the problem, then maybe you’re not as safe as you make yourself out to be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do men get upset about this meme? Literally they are the biggest danger to women and other men. They commit almost all violent crime. Not all men are predators, but basically all predators are men. And women who commit violent acts are usually abuse survivors of men. If you don't understand why a woman who encountered a strange man in the woods would be scared, you are insane. At least the bear lives there and might just be going about its business. The man is probably up to no good.

Because it paints all men based upon a few, e.g., all women are gold diggers.

So go in to the wood with the bear instead of the woman. Whatever you choose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do men get upset about this meme? Literally they are the biggest danger to women and other men. They commit almost all violent crime. Not all men are predators, but basically all predators are men. And women who commit violent acts are usually abuse survivors of men. If you don't understand why a woman who encountered a strange man in the woods would be scared, you are insane. At least the bear lives there and might just be going about its business. The man is probably up to no good.

Or he's walking in the woods like you are.

[Anonymous]

Why do men get upset about this meme? Literally they are the biggest danger to women and other men.

I'm a woman and while I get the larger idea that the meme is trying to convey, I am not a fan of it because it is based on a somewhat faulty premise. Yes, any given woman is far more statistically likely to be harmed by a man than a bear. But that is because we encounter men more often than bears. If I had the choice of encountering a random man in the wild vs. not encountering one, or encountering a woman, clearly I would not pick encountering the random man. If I had a choice of encountering a random man vs. a grizzly bear in the wild, I would pick the random man. I have a better chance of successfully fighting him off than the bear, and even if I couldn't, he's less likely to eat my intestines while I am still living.