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Would you rather: A Man or a Bear? | Khadija Mbowe (www.youtube.com)
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Thought this was an insightful take, makes me want to read more bell hooks 😁

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[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 3 points 2 months ago

But some men hear this and think narrowly about the physical capacity of a bear to do harm compared to a man, as though somehow the question were a match-up: who would you rather fight, a man or a bear? As though the question is one of lethality or force, not situational. And in that reading I could see how men might feel dehumanized by the response - are men really worse predators than a hulking giant terrifying animal with claws and teeth, are those terrifying creatures really safer than them?

I think this is exactly the reading, yes. They translate it in their head as "which would you rather fight"?