‘Man versus Bear’


Animal instinct: A sign warning people about bears is seen in Whistler, Canada. A recent survey shows that seven put of eight women in the US find men scarier than bears. — AFP

IF you’re alone in the forest, who would you rather run across: a man you don’t know or a bear? This question, posed to multiple women in a TikTok video last month, has taken the dilemma of man versus bear viral. And women online are nearly unanimous in favour of the stocky, shaggy, sleeps-through-the-winter one.

Let me clarify in case you know guys who fit that description: the bear. They’re all choosing the bear.

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