May 1, 2024 · Women explain why they would feel safer encountering a bear in the forest than a man they didn't know. The hypothetical has sparked a broader debate.

Man or bear" (also called "man vs. bear") is a viral social media debate in which women consider whether they would prefer to be alone in the woods with a man or a bear. [1] The meme originates from a TikTok video by Screenshot HQ posted in April 2024.

May 6, 2024 · In one TikTok video, viewed more than 16.7 million times, an interviewer asks eight women on the street whether they’d rather be stuck in a forest with a man or a bear. Seven out of the eight...

May 3, 2024 · Many women participating in a new viral debate on TikTok say they would rather be alone with a bear than a man in the woods, answering a hypothetical question that is leading many women to open...

May 7, 2024 · Many women who take up this question say they'd choose the bear, and that response speaks often to the gender-based violence that women and girls overwhelmingly face. According to statistics from...

Apr 29, 2024 · It all has to do with a simple choice: Are you choosing the bear or the man? Confused? Let me explain, in this edition of TL;DR. A question floating around social media asks: Picture yourself...

There is a hypothetical and highly controversial question posed by a man that is circulating around on social media and causing much debate, "As a woman alone in the woods would you rather run into...

Jan 23, 2025 · “I choose the bear” was a response to a hypothetical question that asked if women would rather be alone in the woods with a bear or a strange man. This article covers what “choose the bear” means, where it came from, and why women said they would choose the bear over a …

Apr 29, 2024 · The men proposing different variables in the “bear or man” hypothetical aren’t actually interested in hearing women’s responses, though. Their goal is to shut down the discussion entirely.

However, for women and men, there seems to be a difference in what the ‘obvious’ response is. Men seem to think that being alone with a man is safer but, in contrast, many women would much...