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Man or Bear

Man or Bear

Data Storytelling on Popular Internet Trend

Data Storytelling on Popular Internet Trend

Picture this

You wake up in the woods all alone

Suddenly, you hear rustling of the leaves

would you rather it be a

Man

Man

Man

or

Bear

“What a silly question”

Typically anyone would choose

Man

over a bear

However, this Viral Trend uncovers the horrors in the lives of women

When every 9 out of 10 women

chose a

Bear

over a man.

Majority who selected bear

The Outliers who selected man

The stark contrast in the emotions

The survey reveals the difference in how men and women view threats. Most women chose bear over a man, influenced by a fear of sexual violence from men.

Source: Link to Man or Bear? Responses

Man

Bear

one respondent

Male Respondants

Others

Female Respondants

+4.8

-4.2

but why not?

the likelihood of women being attacked by

Man

over a

Bear

is way more

0.025% chance

of being attacked by a bear.


of being assaulted by a man.

25%* chance

*This doesn’t mean 1 in 5 men are assailants, as one assailant may commit multiple assaults. On average, though, 1 in 5 women have experienced assault in their lifetime, by one or more perpetrators.

This shows that when people were asked why they chose their answers, many ended up sharing their

deepest fears

Source: Man or Bear?

Fear of Sexual Violence

Men are more dangerous than bears

Prefer death by bears over potential assault by men

Behavior of Bears is more predictable than that of a man

77.4%

64.5%

58.1%

48.4%

This fear is also validated by the obsession with true crime

Female viewers make up nearly twice as many in the audience as male viewers.

Source: pewsearch

But the real question is-

Why are women

choosing a bear over men?

The intent of these trend are not to demonize men but rather to create a dialogue much like the other trends

But statistically, a woman is about as safe in a forest with 260 bears as in a forest with a strange man.


so ask yourself again-

Man

or

Bear

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