The latest social media thing:
“You [if you’re a woman; or your daughter if you’re not] is alone in the woods. Would you rather [she] encounter a man or a bear?”
The typical answer is a bear. A bear is less dangerous than a man is, when you factor in power and intent. A bear has more brawn but probably wants to leave you alone. A man, though, could want anything.
I can’t refute the thinking here. Based on the information given I, too, would rather my hypothetical daughter encounter a bear than a man in the woods.
But here’s where it breaks down for me.
“Would you rather [you / your daughter] encounter a bear or a woman in the woods?”
The (politically) correct answer is a woman. I can’t imagine why. A lone, random woman in the woods is less dangerous than a lone, random man is, but not by much. Women can be violent, psychotic, opportunistic and unpredictable.
If you’d rather a woman than a bear, then you’re lucky this is just a hypothetical.
Calling all (or even most) women safe is the same as calling them weak. “No! Women are strong but virtuous!” Heh. What a world that would be. High school, social media and custody hearings would look a lot different there.
Because this discussion is missing a variable.
Add one datum to the discussion and it all changes. Here’s my list of woodland encounters, starting with most preferred:
- Man raised by a good mother and father,
- Woman raised by a good mother and father,
- Bear (of any parentage),
- Woman with an absent, weak or cruel father,
- Man with an absent, weak or cruel father.
The gap between (1) and (2) is tiny – the man has the edge in case he needs to carry her or fight off (3), (4) or (5).
The other gaps are enormous.
None of this is a guarantee of anything. I’d hope any daughter of mine would stay vigilant no matter who she found. This is simply based on the odds – and the odds are clear.
If the point of the Man vs Bear thought experiment is to highlight the uncertainty women have to live with, then fair enough.
But the lesson here is inevitable.
If women hate feeling this way, then they should hate the factors that cause men to be… well, the sort of men they wouldn’t want to meet in the woods.
They should hate things that lead to single mothers – hookup culture, Godlessness, feminism, the degradation of masculine virtue, a lack of accountability and the breakdown of the family unit.
Fatherhood is sacred. Men should never casually walk away from it. Women should never casually keep her children from their father. And women, more than anyone, should be demanding this.
There’s a reason why virtually every society treasures fatherhood.
And why we’re seeing so many problems now – a few generations into undermining it.
That leaves you with a choice:
You can give up and watch Western Civilisation crumble around you.
You can post dank memes and argue with bots online.
Or you can get to work.
Don’t focus on what you can’t fix. Focus instead on being better tomorrow than you are today.
You already know that – this isn’t anything new. “Personal growth is awesome” isn’t a hot take.
But acting on that, every day, makes you exceptional.
So here’s today’s improvement for you: