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Because the women who answered bear on the survey have extreme contempt for men. They see men as evil predators and not people.
20% of women in the US have been sexually assaulted, almost entirely by men. 80% have been sexually harassed, almost entirely by men. Based on the number of bear attacks that occur annually in the US, approximately .000001% of women have had a negative encounter or any kind with a bear.
How about if we conduct an experiment: replace all men with bears so the amount of time spent in close proximity to bears is equal, and see how the numbers shake out then, eh?
Sure.
I live in close proximity to bears, and see them regularly. Quite often a sow with young cubs or yearlings. I'm not overly concerned.
This is the exact same logic that racists use to excuse their prejudice against others. They assume black people are criminals because "FBI crime statistics". You are using tragedy to excuse your hatred for half of the human population.
Assuming every man is a rapist is prejudice and is both morally and practically wrong. Men are half the population of the world.
Also, this is not a reason to answer bear on the survey unless you're just trying to stick it to men (because of your prejudice). If you prefer to be in the company of an extremely powerful animal that is likely to maul you to death than a member of half the population, you are absolutely out of your mind and are obscenely sexist.
You're being willfully blind.
::sigh:: Most people that aren't racist are able to understand that black people are more likely to be targeted by law enforcement, and are thus more likely to be arrested, even when they commit crimes at similar or lower rates than non-black people. People that pay attention have also noted that black people are more likely to get jail time, and more amounts of jail time, than while people that commit substantially identical crimes with similar aggravating circumstances. (The effect is reduced at the federal level due to sentencing guidelines, but is still present.)
It's not every man, no. And no one is even claiming that, except incels and incel-adjacent men. On the other hand, almost all rapists are men. Almost all people that commit sexual assault are men. (Of the men that are sexually assaulted, most are, yes, assaulted by other men.) Keeping in mind that >80% of all women have been the target of unwanted sexual attention from a man, how would you expect them to identify and avoid threats?
My dude, I live in bear country. I see black bears on the reg. They're easier to run off than raccoons (but not nearly as easy to run off as the deer that ate my spouse's hostas). The average number of people killed by bears each year in the US is 1.6. That's it. Not even two people, on average, per year, in a country of 340,000,000 people. So, no, they are not likely to maul you to death.
The survey said "man or bear". Not "rapist or bear". So yes, this is absolutely targeting men as a whole. Don't piss in my mouth and call it lemonade.
All that has been reported, yes. It is a common occurrence for men to not report being sexually assaulted, and there have been cases where they were literally turned away. I'm by no means an extrovert, and I know at least 3 men who were sexually assaulted by WOMEN as children and it never resulted in any form of justice. One of them was laughed at when they told a trusted adult.
Assuming unwanted sexual attention includes any form of unwanted sexual advances, unwanted sexual attention is NOT equivalent to rape and you are doing rape victims a massive disservice by trying to lump them into the same issue.
That's awful convenient
None of this changes the fact that they would trust a wild animal as powerful as a bear to over a fellow human being they know nothing about. It's sexism. Naked sexism. You can try to justify and twist it, but it's sexism all the same. I apply my principles evenly. Do you?
My dude, almost every woman I know has been assaulted.
No, I mean things like sexual harassment.
No, it was intentional. I didn't want to live in cities anymore. I live in Appalachia now. Moved here from Chicago; i'd def. rather deal with bears than CPD.