Is a woman safer in the woods with a bear or a man? The answers to that hypothetical question have exploded into a contentious discourse online about women's safety, their real-life experiences with men and — somehow — the dangers of bears. The question, which seems to have originated on TikTok, has ignited a raging debate there and across the internet for days now. Many women who take up this question say they'd choose the bear, and that response speaks often to the gender-based violence that... Read this story
