What was the 'bear vs man' controversy?
What was the 'bear vs man' controversy?
First, please be respectful in the comments. I have no idea what the topic was, but apparently it caused a lot of divide. I prefer just the claims and facts, backed by citations, and let me draw my own conclusions. I can think for myself. 😅
I'm curious because it seemed to have happened about a year ago, and then there were concerns of Lemmy being a worse place for women than Reddit.
I don't really see that now. Granted, I'm new, and maybe it's the specific communities I subscribed to, but I haven't really seen much women-hating in posts or comments. If anything, I've seen a bias towards liberal viewpoints (many of which I personally agree with, but sometimes the justifications use poor reasoning and almost comes off as a bad defense or covert sabotage).
I'm hoping Lemmy changed for the better in the past year, and I'm not about to be side slammed with some misogyny. 🙏🏼
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I'm confused, can you provide some context?
I know about the bear vs man thing that went viral for awhile- "Would you rather be alone in the woods with a bear or a man?", but I haven't ever seen it in a Lemmy vs Reddit context.
Unfortunately, I don't even know what the argument is, so I'd need you to provide context.
I'm just trying to understand how irrational or aggressive Lemmy is towards women.
Thank you for describing the bear vs man thing to me. So it was basically a question posted on social media, and then the reactions to the question (and maybe others' comments) was divisive?
I’m just trying to understand how irrational or aggressive Lemmy is towards women.
While I also don’t know:
- Lemmy tends to be geeky. While I don’t know the stats, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s very male dominated
- different Lemmy servers have different social tendencies. If there are some worth not federating because of toxicity, it’s likely some of that toxicity makes women uncomfortable
Thank you for this.
For some reason, I thought Lemmy had more women specifically because of how Reddit treats women. 😅
Still, it's not like people are incapable of understanding others who are different from them. I'm hopeful the men here will listen to reason.
Since I have no clue what argument you're talking about I definitely can't provide context.
I think maybe we're all confused lmao.
But yeah, you summed up the original context pretty well. It was a TikTok trend asking women if they'd rather be alone in the woods with a bear or a man. A lot of people, primarily women, basically pointed and said "see how much women don't trust the average man." A lot of men pointed at it and said, "see how much women hate men." And it was a whole gender argument for awhile. I just sort of thought it was all around sad and depressing.
LOL I hear you on that. 😭
Ah, I see. 😅 Thank you for explaining it. 🙏🏼