“say you’re stranded in the woods. Would you rather encounter a random black man or a bear?”
This produces radically different results
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starman2112@sh.itjust.works 6 months agoI think it’s a tiktok meme. Someone somewhere brought up the question of “say you’re stranded in the woods. Would you rather encounter a random man or a bear?” Most men say the man, obviously. Most women have to think about it. A lot of men are offended by the idea that a woman might be roughly as afraid of random men as she is random bears, and a lot of those guys are in women’s DMs making real good cases for the bear.
I think you need to change the question a little bit to make it equivalent for the guys. Instead of just a random man, imagine it’s a random man who’s likely to be at least 10% larger than you, has been taking testosterone supplements, and wants to have sex with you. The bear seems a little bit more reasonable at that point.
“say you’re stranded in the woods. Would you rather encounter a random black man or a bear?”
This produces radically different results
I mean, among racists yeah. This isn’t really analogous to race, though. Rape culture is a thing.
No woman on camera would claim that she is more afraid of a black man than a bear
She would claim that a (racially ambiguous) man is more dangerous than a bear. Making that man black prevents her from articulating her fear
optissima@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
I really appreciate it!