“b-but bears are actually dangerous!” Shut the hell up.

  • henfredemars@infosec.pub
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    6 months ago

    Indeed. It strikes me as pointlessly gendered. All people, safety is more important than feelings.

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      6 months ago

      If this weren’t gendered I’m not sure I would connect that this was posted as result of people’s reaction to the bears vs men thing.

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      6 months ago

      you know what else is pointlessly gendered? the patriarchy

      feminist messaging has to be gendered because the patriarchy is a gender issue.

      that said, feminism is for everybody. liberating women from oppressive structures by nature does the same for men.

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        6 months ago

        If it’s not gendered and is for everybody, that isn’t that just the original statement? That safety is for everybody? That seems rather circular.

        But I think I get what you’re saying. We focus on lifting up women, and everyone benefits.

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        6 months ago

        or it’s purposefully gendered in response to the man vs bear thing

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          6 months ago

          Even then it’s contradictory. Men wouldn’t be upset about being chosen over a bear and women wouldn’t be safe if the bear was chosen, so in that specific context it’s nonsensical.

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            6 months ago

            Most bears don’t seek out and attack women, but many men do. One of those happens far more often than the other, and you’re either uninformed or willfully ignorant about that fact.

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              6 months ago

              Yet another exhibit of people not knowing anything about bears. If bears and women had anywhere near the same amount of interactions as men and women, maulings would be up by a percentage with an alarming number of zeroes. This is like the literal equivalent to the Face Eating Leopard Party supporters being surprised that the Leopards are eating their faces.