So, I’m just assuming we’ve all seen the discussions about the bear.
Personally I feel that this is an opportunity for everyone to stop and think a little about it. The knee-jerk reaction from many men seems to be something along the lines of “You would choose a dangerous animal over me? That makes me feel bad about myself.” which results in endless comments of the “Akchully… according to Bayes theorem you are much more likely to…” kind.
It should be clear by now that it doesn’t lead to good places.
Maybe, and I’m open to being wrong, but maybe the real message is women saying: “We are scared of unknown men.”
Then, if that is the message intended, what do we do next? Maybe the best thing is just to listen. To ask questions. What have you experienced to make you feel that way?
I firmly believe that the empathy we give lays a foundation for other people being willing to have empathy for the things we try to communicate.
It doesn’t mean we should feel bad about ourselves, but just to recognize that someone is trying to say something, and it’s not a technical discussion about bears.
What do you think?

  • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
    196·
    8 months ago

    If men were a minority group, this would lead to calls for the male community to police itself and report suspicious behaviour to the authorities.

    • _NoName_@lemmy.ml
      1·
      8 months ago

      I don’t quite know if I understand your comment.

      By ‘this’ do you mean the meme, the response to the meme, or do you mean the number of SA cases done by men?

      Are you drawing parallels to cities calling upon minority communities to police themselves and report suspicious behavior to try and ‘solve gang violence’?

      • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
        82·
        8 months ago

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_group

        In terms of sociology, economics, and politics, a demographic that takes up the smallest fraction of the population is not necessarily labelled the “minority” if it wields dominant power. In the academic context, the terms “minority” and “majority” are used in terms of hierarchical power structures.

        • thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz
          5·
          8 months ago

          This is why I like the term “marginalised group.” But maybe it has its own definition that I’m not using correctly or something