• HauntedCupcake@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    You’re right, factually you’re right. That’s not what this is really about though.

    Enough strangers are weird and creepy to women they’ve just met in a way that feels threatening and scary. Think about catcalling, groping at bars, first dates gone wrong. None of these are going to be recorded as incidents, even if they should be.

    The bear doesn’t matter, the statement is about feelings, not facts or logic. It’s about how women feel unsafe around unknown men