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2 min readMay 7, 2024

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Except that it doesn't. Not at all.

Honestly, the question highlights four things and that's it.

1. Due to the manipulstive nature of hominids in general, their ability to lie and obfuscate, which is rare amongst all animals btw, it's impossible to tell the difference between men who want to harm you and men who don't. You know immediately with the bear.

2. Rape culture normalizes sexual assaults upon women. If he's alone or exposed, she's fair game by anyone who wants assault her.

3. She will be blamed and then ostracized and societally punish d for being assaulted. Even when physical torture, prolonged rapes, degradation and humiliations of unspeakable sorts are part of the equation. We women all know this.

4. One in three men said in a recent study that they would force a woman to have sex if there were no consequences. Tgis speaks to rape culture in and of itself, of course, but it also speaks to how many men are sexually excited by the thought of hurting women. Look at porn. We can blame the algorithms all day long but when the rubber meets the road, if men were repulsed by violence against women the algorithm would fail. And porn wouldn't be becoming more violent and degrading toward women over the years. And women trying to keep it sex positive would be having more of an impact.

So yeah. Bear. Your average guy faces consequences. You're not encountering your average guy in a scenario like the hypothetical where there are no consequences.

So no, taking the hypothetical personal as a rejection of men, in general, makes zero sense.

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