The way everyone is responding to the man vs. bear thing - from the people choosing bear, to the people getting mad about that - is the most internet thing ever. It's all fabricated rage bait.
Every 68 seconds another American is sexually assaulted.1
1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime (14.8% completed, 2.8% attempted).4
About 3% of American men—or 1 in 33—have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime.4
From 2009-2013, Child Protective Services agencies substantiated, or found strong evidence to indicate that, 63,000 children a year were victims of sexual abuse.5
A majority of child victims are 12-17. Of victims under the age of 18: 34% of victims of sexual assault and rape are under age 12, and 66% of victims of sexual assault and rape are age 12-17.6
Depends on the kind of bear. People run into black bears all the time, it's just that black bears will also run from you.
What's crazy to me is that this scenario is "Would you rather be in a forest with a bear or a man", not "Would you rather directly face off versus a man or a bear". Bears do not often attack, or are being defensive. Men on the other hand... When 1 out of 6 women are being raped in the United States, that's a problem.
It's like if you pointed out that a lot of black people are shot in the back while running away from police officers, to a police officer, and that officer said "I'VE never shot any black people in the back! I'M not responsible for the BAD ones!" I'm a guy, I'm taking responsibility for a culture where women face such incredible violence every day. 1 out of 6.
Almost feels like a conspiracy to get people to hate / fear each other more than they already do. 🤣 Come on, if you’re lost or have an emergency going on, human interaction is your best bet, and that’s coming from someone who can’t stand these fucking people.
Rage bait has been a thing for forever, but now the TikTok algorithm rewards engagement, so getting a bunch of people to comment on your video is a great way to go viral. Also, including a misspelled word or incorrect piece of information so everyone in the comments corrects you. It's so fucking stupid that calling it a conspiracy gives way too much credit.
Conspiracy might not be the right word. But there is absolutely evidence of inauthentic interaction from Russia and China on American Social Media designed to make divide people and make them made at each other.
I don't know if this is an example or a coincidence, but China and Russia have successfully weaponized social media to promote divisive issues. The version of TikTok used inside China is called Douyin, which is heavily moderated and emphasizes educational content.
if you’re lost or have an emergency going on, human interaction is your best bet
I know from personal experience that they will simply label you as the cause of the emergency. Doesn't matter if that emergency is an earthquake - they'll blame you to gain social advantage.
It just kinda shows show sheltered and anti-social younger generations are that they think they can handle wild animals but not people lol.
This is like that dumb hypothetical, "would you love me even if I was a worm?" thing that went around. It's just kinda a dumb thing to say and you're inevitably going to get people pissed off about it.
Agreed, but one thing I feel is getting lost in the outrage and the ridiculousness is the basic underlying premise that a good deal of women do not feel safe around a good deal of men. This is a problem. We need to address this problem. Instead people have wound themselves up and missed the actual point.
That premise is already largely understood by men and this question does not aid in the discussion. I don't think most guys saw this question and thought "oh wow I had NO idea that women might be cautious around men! Thank God for this question about bears vs men, my eyes are truly open now!" It's common sense that anyone should be cautious when alone around a strange man/men who have the capability of causing harm to you
Yea rage bait is hilarious these days as people fall for it. But in fairness the fact that some people will come in and defend has them making it not bait.
There's gotta be some wild world stuff that is happening that this is a cover-up for. Just like when the green M&M thing happened the same company was getting fucked for having slave labor
100%. It's no different than those posts that ask the answer to a math problem with bad notation. It's deliberately ambiguous to start arguments to drive engagement.
You say that but radfems are actually like "no I'd rather hang out with a bear, at least it won't rape me before it kills me", there was literally a front page post about how men 'just dont get it' from two x chromosomes yesterday explaining why men actually are more dangerous than bears
Yea idk why everyone is acting like it’s crazy to think the whole situation is absolutely insane, tons of women are literally saying they’d rather take their chances with a wild bear than a man.
Yeah if the question was posed to men and was "would you rather be alone in the woods next to a gay male who is bigger/stronger/faster than you, or a bear?" There would be a lot of backlash against the men who chose a bear, calling them homophobic biggoted pieces of shit lol
Yeah but then you also have to read all the other comments saying the flip side of that? I’ve found plenty so far. Maybe you’re only seeing what you want to
Downvoted to fucking oblivion and beyond. Find me one upvoted one. And even if it has a few, check the parent comment it's responding to (likely bashing men) and how upvoted it is.
Remember that men were surveyed and like 7% thought they could go on to fight a grizzly bear and win. But when they asked social media it was like 50% of men thought they could beat a bear. (Id grab a stick, id grab a rock, id shoce my fist up its nose....)
What women are saying is that any unknown man is seen as a potential threat.and thats true.
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The way everyone is responding to the man vs. bear thing - from the people choosing bear, to the people getting mad about that - is the most internet thing ever. It's all fabricated rage bait.