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The question always struck me as dumb. Because it doesn't make any attempt to clarify what geographic region this question takes place.
I don't care what you're afraid of a man doing, a polar bear is ALWAYS the worse choice.
But not all bears are as aggressive as polar bears. Some bears will run away from you if you chase them. Some bears will end you if you chase them.
Of coarse you can't determine how dangerous a man is based on region. But you can likely determine which regions have dangerous bears.
Without wading into all the technicalities, could we perhaps agree that if you have to say, "what kind of bear tho'," that we are already in troubling territory?
Oh, wow, that is actually a really good point!
Me bringing polar bears into the thought experiment was intended as a (really stupid) joke, but I had nonetheless taking seriously that technically it should matter what kind of bear we are talking about. You've demolished that angle with your comment, though!
I would take “worse than a panda” as a compliment, but I understand your point.
It's ironic we're dissecting which kind of bear is dangerous, while implicitly accepting the premise that all men are dangerous.
If the dangerous men were as easily distinguishable from the not dangerous ones as bear species, then the answer would be different. Because that's women's entire point - you often can't tell until it's too late
Has anybody looked into the possibility that we put down all these dangerous creatures before more people get hurt? Better safe than sorry.
That's not at all what is implied by the thought experiment. It's not all men, it's a random man. And it's not that they are dangerous, it's about what feels riskier from a woman's perspective.
That's why all the fretting over which kind of bear is missing the point. It's not about arguing with women that they are wrong, it's about listening to them and understanding that they have no idea whether the man is the sort that would kill them if they say or do or don't do the right thing — but the odds are sufficient that all men must be treated like a potential threat.
How is that different? It's still a prejudice based on somebody's unalterable trait. The entire premise is a deliberate generalization to place men and wild animals into the same category.
Do polar bears occupy habitat that could realistically be called “the woods”?
I always assumed this question was referring to a brown bear - black bears are pussies and polar bears are instadeath. Pandas are adorable, obviously better than meeting a man. Other species are unlikely for most english speaking people to meet in the woods. Brown bears are the only species that make this question interesting.
Where I'm from, you're just as likely to get a polar bear as a black or brown bear in the woods. So it's all unrealistic.
A polar bear in the woods? They're an aquatic mammal that lives on sea ice... Where are you from?
a black bear did drop on a hunter and killed it in the news last year.
Would you rather have a man drop on you in the woods or a black bear?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5aZJBLAu1E
You forgot the Dropbears. Want to reassess relative threat levels of the various species of alpha predator?
Yeah I'd pick a man of a dropbear any day 🐨🩸☠️
It presumes black bear. You're over thinking it.
Then say a black bear. It presumes nothing.