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Choosing the Bear: All About This Simple yet Profound TikTok Trend
By So, you’re choosing the bear, right?A new question sweeping social media is being met with nearly complete unanimity among women, and confusion or anger by men. And while this may seem silly, it’s actually rather profound in demonstrating how little men understand about the lived experience of women in the world.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 A question floating around social media asks: Picture yourself alone and unarmed in the woods. Would you choose to encounter a bear or a man? Nearly all women (and I truly have not been able to find one woman who disagrees, but let’s just say nearly all) choose the bear.It’s unclear where exactly this debate originated, though some are crediting the viral news account , which posted a video of two hosts debating the topic last week.