Also, men who feel the need to argue about why choosing the bear is "wrong" are the reason that most women choose the bear in the first place.

Tbf, if you meet a random man in the woods you're also not likely to be raped and murdered, which is the assumption the question is based on.

If we're to talk about actual probable outcomes the question becomes "would you rather glimpse a bear, or walk past a guy and say 'hey' to each other while you both continue along your respective paths."

I've seen many men while in the woods, at most we end up smoking a J together. This is a much more realistic outcome of "meeting" a man in the woods.

Wasn't it 'would you like to be alone in the woods with a bear or a man'?

Which is absolutely normal, you are alone in the woods with boars, deer and other creatures that would fuck you up if given no other choice almost every time you enter the forest. Bears are not much different here.

Men are a danger to women. And I get that most men don't agree, and that most men feel 'threatened' by such statement. But by rejecting that message, they are letting the dangerous men fly under the radar. And those statistics do not lie.

I have personally never seen a man attack a woman. That does not make the statistics false. I still understand that all women are right to feel scared and I that we should as a society accept that we all need to do better to stop any chauvinistic tendencies, objectification, and any disregard to any concerns, specially from women, JUST LIKE THIS BEAR ONE.

Bears alone in the woods will go about their way, some men who see a woman alone will assault her. That's the point, let's all stop acting like every man is like that. But even if 1% of men are like that, it's still safer to be with a bear.

But it's kind of the same as cops. Few rotten ones will spoil the bunch unless every honest one will speak up and demand justice when sees 'a buddy being silly'.

Even worse is that instead of men stepping up and admitting that 'hey, maybe we are the problem so let us brainstorm ideas' they go 'no fuck you I wish you were mauled'. Cause that's what every denial of this exercise is.

Oh, I'm sorry, from your username being "WorldsDumbestMan" I just assumed you were actually larping as the world's dumbest (bears aren't "certain death" and I assumed you were being factious. I've met plenty of bears in the forest, they're fine (if startling as hell)).

If you're sincerely asking what to do, just... maybe try to stop thinking of women as a separate category from men, for starters. Just treat them like people. You also very much don't have to solve this issue on your own, and the only realistic contribution you can make is to accept the current state and try to be the best person you can be while the cultural attitudes change for the better.

Their eyes and facial microexpressions give away when they're thinking creeper thoughts. Unfortunately, must of us learn the looks early in life. Your coworkers can tell you're safe and the other men aren't even without overhearing their sexualized speech. Thank you for not being a creep 💜