There are often hypothetical scenarios that people get asked just to see what their answer will be. In most cases, the scenario is something that has a very slim chance of ever happening in real life, but it can be fun to allow your brain to wander. A hypothetical scenario is taking over social media right now and it has women nodding in agreement while many men are left scratching their heads.
Screenshot HQ took to the streets and asked random women if they would rather be stuck in the woods with a man or a bear. Overwhelmingly women chose to take their chances with a bear, some providing the inquirer with a reason as to why they’d chose a bear over a man. Unsurprisingly to most women, the participants saw the bear as the safer option.
Some men had a hard time understanding why women would risk being mauled by a bear, but several men did understand and took to social media to attempt to explain.
Some men seemingly easily knew why women would choose to be in the woods with a bear when their partners asked them the same question but the hypothetical woman was their daughter. In the video, one woman makes her case for choosing a bear.
“Well I’ve heard about bears, they don’t always attack you right unless you f**k with them? So maybe a bear,” she laughs.
Luis Torio responded to the video with an explanation for men who seemed confused by the amount of women choosing a bear. In his video he asks, “why would a woman choose a man over a bear when the number one predator of a woman is a man and not the bear?” He goes on to explain that if a woman is put in the woods with the wrong man, she could be in a much worse situation than with a bear.
@yourtango Women were asked if they would rather be stuck in a forest with a man or a bear – and their answers are sad #manvsbear
YourTango jumped in on the debate and dropped a few facts with the most staggering being, “the 750,000 black bears in North America unalive less than one person per year on average. Men aged 18-24 are 167 times more likely to unalive someone.” The woman in the video also cites assault statistics for women.
That’s not to say that all men would be dangerous if trapped in the woods with them, commenters and content creators point that out. The concern seems to be more about the predictability of bears verses the predictability of an unknown man.
You can watch the original video that started this weeks long debate below:
@screenshothq The question of being stuck in a forest with a man or a bear is circulating on TikTok right now and sparking some interesting conversation…. we know what our answer would be đ»đł #manvsbear #tiktok #tiktoktrend #trending #challenge #streetinterview #voxpop