A twist on the #ManOrBear theme: It seems a female bear* might also feel safer meeting a human than meeting a male bear.

*) A female brown bear with a cub, that is. Like the one hanging out in our neighborhood. Because male brown bears have been known to kill others’ cubs on the off chance that the bereaved mum will fancy a shag.

I respect Duolingo for leaning hard into the "man or bear" debate.

#duolingo #ManOrBear

Okay, since this came up let me reiterate what the point of the #ManOrBear debate was.

When a lot of women said that they preferred the bear, men should _not_ interpret this as an "attack" on them personally, or men in general.

Instead, it simply reflects the fact that women have to evaluate their personal safety in entirely different ways than men. Random male strangers are, statistically speaking, far more dangerous to women than random female strangers are to men. Yes, most men are perfectly safe, but there are enough exceptions that women cannot pretend that they are not out there.

In other words, women have different life experiences than men when it comes to personal safety. (Well, duh!)

And the _sensible_ thing for us men would be to accept that having life experiences that differ from our own does not make them invalid.

Instead of, you know, treating statements about these experiences as "sexism against men" or a personal attack ("I am owed the benefit of the doubt, and how dare they suggest otherwise!").

If you get upset about this, then you should direct your ire against the men who cause these safety issues in the first place, instead of the women who have to deal with them.

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#feminism #sexism
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...so I gather you didn't really understand the great #ManOrBear debate.

And people are surprised when women pick 'bear'.

#ManOrBear #poli

50 women have allegedly been killed by MEN in the UK so far in 2024, according to The Guardian newspaper.

No word on how many have been killed by bears.

#manorbear #DV #violenceagainstwomen #feminism #violence #women #men #sexism #UK #ukpolitics

On the #ManOrBear debate:

https://youtube.com/shorts/z3Ff7rw9gRU

Any comedian who thinks ya' can't be funny no more is a crap comedian.

That said, the trouble with comedy is ya' gotta make jokes about things that are very serious. Is it gonna be funny?

Only way ta' find out is by tellin' the joke.

Beast boy is my inner doubts when I do this.

(Art sampled from "Titans" Vol. 4 #12. Edits: Altered Dialogue, Additional Balloons.)

#comedy #comedian #humor #beastboy #titans #teentitans #manorbear #dccomics #comics #newcomicbookday #edgyhumor