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What would be the male equivalent to the whole "bear or strange man in the woods" question that did the rounds with women awhile back? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 5 days ago by MoreFPSmorebetter@lemmy.zip to c/askmen@lemmy.world

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I have heard people say "would you rather share your emotions with a woman you know or a tree in the woods", but that doesn't really feel like it's an equal question in my head. I am curious if anyone has a better example of the "mens" version of that question.

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[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

To be clear, I think this is a silly question, and I'm only entertaining it because I'm somewhere I don't want to be, doing something I don't want to be doing.

Because the bear is a danger to the woman, and is, at least rhetorically, preferable.

The tree is no danger to the man, unless it falls on him. To get a reasonable comparison, we need a comparable level of all but guaranteed danger.

I propose a megaphone in a crowded mall.

[–] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 5 points 5 days ago

Oh, good point on bear threat VS tree threat.