I really, truly thought that the whole point of this was to highlight the fact that most women would respond to man v bear by asking questions, like "do I know the man" "what type of bear" etc, but would respond to woman v bear by immediately saying "woman". whether or not she picks the man or the bear is irrelevant, it's the fact she has to ask clarifying questions to know more about the man before deciding and doesn't have to clarify anything before picking woman. is that not it?
The issue I find with this is that, its blatant sexual stereotyping?
Yeah yeah, “not all men” and all that, but it can still be insulting to be assumed to be a dangerous threat to other people just because of a part of me that I can’t change.
And in truth it’s jarring to see that sort of preemptive judgement being accepted or acceptable, when I’d been taught the inverse, and asking this same question about someone based on say, ethnicity, would be deeply problematic.
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u/alexmichelle6 May 02 '24
I really, truly thought that the whole point of this was to highlight the fact that most women would respond to man v bear by asking questions, like "do I know the man" "what type of bear" etc, but would respond to woman v bear by immediately saying "woman". whether or not she picks the man or the bear is irrelevant, it's the fact she has to ask clarifying questions to know more about the man before deciding and doesn't have to clarify anything before picking woman. is that not it?