For the record I support multi gender spaces but I am apparently in the minority of people who thinks bears are scary

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    5 months ago

    But the question says ‘in the woods’ implying actual wilderness

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      5 months ago

      There is an average of 3 deaths by bears accross North America per year, meanwhile 300 people are estimated to be murdered on federal wilds and national parks.

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        5 months ago

        And there are at least 4 billion men in the world, way more than 300 times the total number of bears in the world

        There are also a lot of people who vanish in the woods without a trace, because nature is scary as fuck and will clean up leaving zero evidence

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          5 months ago

          How many men are specifically on federal protected wildlands or parks?

          If you want to compare it your way, then fine. There are roughly 40 bear attacks globally and 427,500 murders committed by men. There are ~2,000x more men than bears globally. So adjusting, the bear murder rate is 80,000, meaning men are still more than 5x more likely to murder you.