->The phrase "man vs. bear" has been co-opted by the incel subculture and other parts of the "manosphere" to justify misogynistic views.
Yes; because before then, misogyny rightfully seemed highly negative, but when you prove yourself with stupid responses, people start to realize why the misogyny is a good thing.
- ->A bear's intentions are clear: Women explained that a bear's threat is an understandable, primal danger. If attacked by a bear, they would be universally believed.
- A man's intentions are not: Conversely, they pointed out that a man's intentions are ambiguous. If attacked by a man, a woman might have to fight for her credibility.
Compare this to, "Woman vs bear" where the man says, "At least the bear never falsely accused anyone of rape". If you cite extreme rarity for this, then the equal and opposite applies to men vs bears.
->misinterpreting the women's reasoning
Oh, I know why they say it; it's because they are extremely worried about getting raped. But imagine if I used the same logic to justify being falsely accused of rape. The women admit to being emotional, and emotional thinking = stupid thinking, so the women admit to being stupid.
->This reaction amplified the issue and made it fodder for the incel subculture's ideology of misogyny and victimhood.
It just reveled what I was oblivious to 2 years ago; how stupid/emotional (syninoms) women are.
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- Further dehumanize women: They interpreted women's preference for a bear as a sign that women irrationally hate and fear men. This fueled existing incel rhetoric that women are cruel, shallow, and manipulated by a "feminist gynarchy".
- Frame themselves as victims: Incels often discussed the debate as proof that society unjustly demonizes men. This fits their core ideology of aggrieved entitlement and self-pity, positioning themselves as victims who are unfairly left behind in the "sexual marketplace".
- Justify their hateful worldview: The controversy became another data point for their belief system, particularly the "blackpill" ideology, which preaches that their situation is hopeless due to women's innate sexual preferences and that no self-improvement will help.
- Condone or encourage violence: Some incels used the debate to reinforce their belief that violence is a justified response to their perceived oppression. The logic extends to the idea that if women are already terrified of them, there is no consequence for acting on their violent and misogynistic fantasies.
- Men say women are humans. Women say men are worse than bears. Women dehumanize men. They project and they don't care. They will say we shouldn't care about money and then only date a dude who has enough money to take care of her. I'd rather them admit to being capitalists and anti male sexists. I wouldn't hate them for it, but be honest.
- I don't want sex with women. This is invalid.
- "Hateful" is anything right wing according to the left, so because of that, why would any right winger care what the left says is and isn't hateful?
- I think rapists should be executed without painkillers.
You really have to use Chat GPT to argue because you can't do it yourself. I win arguments against Chat GPT.
->The "man vs. bear" debate in the incel subculture is an example of how a mainstream discussion about gender dynamics can be absorbed and twisted by extremist online communities to advance their hateful narratives.
Hateful is just right wing in the democrat language, so it's not immoral to be hateful.