{"id":6433,"date":"2024-06-11T19:32:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T19:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/really.zonky.org\/?p=6433"},"modified":"2024-06-11T19:32:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T19:32:26","slug":"man-v-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/really.zonky.org\/?p=6433","title":{"rendered":"Man v. Bear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Given the amount of noise and flames that have arisen over this debate, it seems kind of unnecessary to describe the debate, but might as well. If you were a woman, what would you rather encounter whilst lost in the woods? A man or a bear?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you ignore all the emotions involved and think about it logically with statistics, you may well come down on the side of picking a man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s a study “out there” which shows that for every 1,000 women, “only” 4.7 will be attacked (and it’s 9.5 for men) – see https:\/\/bjs.ojp.gov\/content\/pub\/pdf\/vvcs9310.pdf<\/a>. There is plenty of evidence that women are far<\/em> more likely to be attacked by a man they know rather than a stranger – See :-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. https:\/\/rapecrisis.org.uk\/get-informed\/statistics-sexual-violence\/<\/a>. 1 in 7 rapes against women are carried out by a stranger (it’s stated as 6 in 7 rapes are carried out by someone a woman knows). <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. https:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/peoplepopulationandcommunity\/crimeandjustice\/articles\/homicideinenglandandwales\/yearendingmarch2023<\/a>. Of murdered women, just 6% were murdered by strangers (as opposed to nearly 20% for male victims). <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    We are very poor at judging risk – we (women and older men – which I’m rapidly becoming) tend to stay in at night not because we’re likely to be attacked but because we fear<\/em> being attacked. And fear doesn’t respect logic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    So women widely choosing the bear shows :-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. On average women are no better at judging risk than men. Well that’s a no-brainer – people<\/em> are still people.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Women fear strange men. It’s irrelevant if statistically they’re safer walking around late at night than sat in their own home, they still fear men.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. To a greater or lesser extent (and perhaps unintentionally), they may be picking the bear to make the point about men doing something about violence against women.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      It’s a great way of making that last point; perhaps even better for being statistically the wrong choice. We should<\/em> be doing more to stop violence against women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      But I would go on to say we shouldn’t stop there; we should be doing more to stop violence against all people. And indeed any sentient creatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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