Men or bears ?

Sky-kunn · 2024-12-06T20:36:42+00:00

Humans are notoriously bad at managing and understanding risks because of cognitive biases. The Availability Heuristic makes us overestimate the likelihood of memorable or recently reported events. Dread Risk causes us to fear catastrophic and uncontrollable incidents that threaten our personal autonomy.

Take flying versus driving, for example. Air travel is WAY safer than car travel, yet many people fear flying intensely. This irrational fear persists despite overwhelming statistics showing that airplanes (average men) are safer than cars (a fucking bear). It's just how our psychological biases skew our decision-making and perception of risk.

The real problem arises when fear-driven choices reinforce these biases, making it harder to overcome prejudiced thinking. This is a major issue with the whole Bear vs. Man scenario. If the question was to choose a button where you are alone in a forest with a bear versus a criminal who was arrested for sexual assault, it would show that the fear of abuse is greater than the fear of death by a wild animal. Or if the question was a 1% chance of a man attacking you versus a 50% chance of a bear attacking you, it would show that even with low chances, "I still prefer the bear", and that's fine, not a rational choice, but is understandable. But if the person responding understands the statistics, that’s fine, I suppose.

Tharkun140 · 2024-12-06T20:17:39+00:00

Even if it's a joke there must've been serious reason why they're saying this.

Lmao no. People on the Internet don't need serious reasons for saying stuff.

Someone show me a news report of a woman who climbed inside a grizzly bear enclosure to escape all the dangerous men visiting the zoo. Then, and only then, I will know that at least one person meant it when she "picked the bear" in her reddit comment. Until that day, it's all just common idiocy.

AigisxLabrys · 2024-12-06T21:04:44+00:00

If you ever see anyone talk about nowadays, please send them this.

https://youtu.be/RAA1xgTTw9w?si=eUS6wNB7Do-giwHt

TankSinattra · 2024-12-06T20:18:17+00:00

Imagine you're smaller than almost every person you're supposed to be paired with, that's half of the population and even those that are smaller than you are still stronger and you are unable to do many things because you're weaker and tire faster. That puts you in a constant physical disadvantage.

Now imagine, adding to that, a much higher rate of anxiety, paranoia and low self esteem brought on by millions of years of evolution.

And you live in a society that no longer protects and cares for you because of these disadvantages but uses them to make you have even more anxiety and paranoia, as well as making you hate everyone, even those like you.

That's what it's like being a woman.

Rusty_RR · 2024-12-06T20:47:07+00:00

Why are you still hanging up on this argument? Not even obscure feminist accounts say this anymore. Focus on more important matters.

Title	Men or bears ?
Author	Devilsdvocateo
Upvotes	15
Comments	8
Date	December 6, 2024 7:57 PM UTC (1 year ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/EverydayMisandry
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/everydaymisandry/comments/1h8a7cu/men_or_bears/
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