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Some woman on the internet said she would feel safer spending a night in the woods with a random bear rather than with a random man

  • Gonzako@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Yeah, the bear pick is the sneaky way women try to rob the average man of status by implying that we are mindless beasts willing to do the worst at the first chance we get.

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      6 months ago

      The fact that you think the point of this is your status and not someone else’s safety says so much.

      • Gonzako@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        Because it is about insulting men. No one’s actually getting trapped with bears because they’re answering either way. It’s there to prove a view, would you rather be stuck with a bear or a black person? A gay person? A trans person? A jew? A Muslim?

        It’s there to rile up people about their prejudices and I’m just sad we’re all getting piled on like this.

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          6 months ago

          Look, I’m a man, I’m not feeling insulted by this at all. If you are, maybe it’s time to ask why.

          I have no problem being a man while also acknowledging that sexual assault by men is a problem that is big enough that it has created a “caution culture” where people teach their daughters to be vigilant and women will cross the street if someone is walking behind them to stay safe. It isn’t like this is overblown, studies vary but all agree it’s somewhere more than one in ten women are victims of sexual violence in their lifetime. That’s a non-dismissible statistic.

          Sure sexual assault by women is a thing too, but men tend to handle it differently than women do. All we are doing here is acknowledging that in our culture “male stranger danger” is a thing that exists and is pervasive and strong enough that many women would be willing to risk the bear because at least it won’t rape them.

          Why would you be taking that personally?

          • Gonzako@lemmy.world
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            6 months ago

            Well, because it’s prejudice being directed and reinforced towards us! I am the average man, and so are you! I am down for all the #metoo movements ya’ll need but it needs to be pointed towards specifics. I won’t allow to be put in the same cage I supportedsome people to get out of.