A reminder to my fellow men for the #ManOrBear discussion:
This is not whether you, personally, are safer to be around than a bear. It's about the safety calculations women have to do around unknown men from a young age onwards. Most men simply don't have to worry about their personal safety to the same degree as women.
And if you do take this personally, you are doing it wrong.
I mean, if I were to encounter a lone woman in a forest, am I owed her trust that I am safe to be around? I don't see why - she is the one who has to worry about her safety, and if she errs on the side of caution, then this is her right.
