Men Miss the Point of ‘Man vs Bear’ with ‘Woman vs Tree’ Question

In the last couple weeks, a question has absolutely swept TikTok. Man vs Bear. Who would you choose? For women, the answer is obvious. We would choose the bear. The worst that a bear could do is maul you or kill you in defense. And if you’re attacked by the bear, you’ll be believed. The bear also won’t follow you home, stalk you, and sees you as a human being. While of course there are men who understand why we would choose the bear, there are many who were and continue to be really upset with this answer. And it’s gotten to the point where a new question has been posed: woman vs tree. 

This question is clearly incels trying to ignore the reality that women have to live through. And they’re missing the entire point of why the original question went so viral and why women chose the bear without hesitation. With this question, men are basically revealing that their biggest fear is getting their feelings hurt. They would rather choose a tree over a woman because the tree won’t talk back, will sit there for 25 minutes as they talk about their Tesla, and won’t ask for more than the bare minimum. For these specific men, a tree is ideal because they don’t want an actual partner. They want someone they can talk at instead of living a life with. 

In missing the point and asking this woman vs tree question, we see a continued cycle of conversations centered around women being hijacked by men who want to discount our experiences. As women, we are taught to fear men and not bears. We are taught to walk to our cars with keys between our knuckles and throw everything in the car immediately before jumping in and locking the door. That’s when you can relax and organize yourself. We’re taught to not dress “provocatively” even if we are just going to get a cup of coffee. And even young women in high school are told to not show their bra straps in case it “distracts” young men. 

The problem isn’t whether we would choose the man or the bear. The problem is that our lives and this world has been built to benefit men while teaching women since birth to fear men. And instead of taking this question and maybe doing a little self-reflection, the incel men of the world have denied our experiences and not spent even one second contemplating how they can do better to break a system where women would choose the bear in the first place. And that’s how we ended up with the asinine question of whether a man would choose a woman or a tree. 

I’m not the only one who thinks this question is ridiculous either. 

While looking through the comments on videos asking woman vs tree, there are many people calling out these men for missing the point. There are also people poking fun at this absurd question by telling these incel men that if they want to choose a tree, they should go ahead. That means that they will leave women alone. But the funniest response that I have seen is people pointing out that the tree would also choose the bear considering the rampant rates of deforestation and the destruction of our environment historically by men. A bear will just climb a tree to escape a man or scratch its back on it.

So to whoever posted this woman vs tree question, you played yourself. Because even the tree would choose the bear.

Where do you fall in the man vs bear of it all? Let us know in the comments below!