Mr Joseph , you are a one in a million emotionally intelligent human. A man that is a quintessential empath with a profound gift of expression. I pre ordered two of your upcoming poetry books, We alive, Beloved,” and look forward to the inspiration and empowerment your lyrical words will have on my grief journey. Thank you from your new fan, Jennifer♥️
I'm thinking of who I was then and who I am now. I'm thinking of all the women in my life, and if each of them were asked, 'Would they prefer to be stranded in a forest with a bear or Marc?' As much as I want to say all of those women would have chosen me, I can't – some of them would have chosen the bear.
The work to unlearn all the messages I've internalized is lifelong. It feels even more urgent now that I have a son.
All I can say is, exactly this. Exactly right. Just grateful for the (few?) men that hear women’s perspectives and more hopeful that a few more may take the time to try if they read wise words like these.
Besides the fact that people will not blame you and heap scorn upon you if the bear eats you, a bear can’t humiliate you, degrade you, or destroy your relationship to yourself and your body. If you survive you’ll have some trauma from the terror but you can’t be stripped of your value as a person by a bear.
I think people are correct though because you don’t have enough data. How hungry is the bear? What’s the man like?
This is such an interesting thought experiment when it comes to maximin principles where you try to minimize worst case scenarios. The worst man is worse than the worst bear. If you want to minimize the worst outcome choose the bear. But your odds of surviving an average man are probably higher than your odds of surviving a hungry grizzly just coming out of hibernation or a mama grizzly protecting cubs. Rationally speaking, it’s possibly better to choose the man if you’re just speaking odds of survival. But if the worst case scenario is at all likely, it’s preferable to be eaten by the bear.
Mr Joseph , you are a one in a million emotionally intelligent human. A man that is a quintessential empath with a profound gift of expression. I pre ordered two of your upcoming poetry books, We alive, Beloved,” and look forward to the inspiration and empowerment your lyrical words will have on my grief journey. Thank you from your new fan, Jennifer♥️
I'm thinking of who I was then and who I am now. I'm thinking of all the women in my life, and if each of them were asked, 'Would they prefer to be stranded in a forest with a bear or Marc?' As much as I want to say all of those women would have chosen me, I can't – some of them would have chosen the bear.
The work to unlearn all the messages I've internalized is lifelong. It feels even more urgent now that I have a son.
All I can say is, exactly this. Exactly right. Just grateful for the (few?) men that hear women’s perspectives and more hopeful that a few more may take the time to try if they read wise words like these.
Thank you for this. Yes.
Thank you, this is perfectly beautiful 🙏🏼
Thanks as always Fred ❤️ #TeamBear
❤️🔥🙏🏼
Besides the fact that people will not blame you and heap scorn upon you if the bear eats you, a bear can’t humiliate you, degrade you, or destroy your relationship to yourself and your body. If you survive you’ll have some trauma from the terror but you can’t be stripped of your value as a person by a bear.
I think people are correct though because you don’t have enough data. How hungry is the bear? What’s the man like?
This is such an interesting thought experiment when it comes to maximin principles where you try to minimize worst case scenarios. The worst man is worse than the worst bear. If you want to minimize the worst outcome choose the bear. But your odds of surviving an average man are probably higher than your odds of surviving a hungry grizzly just coming out of hibernation or a mama grizzly protecting cubs. Rationally speaking, it’s possibly better to choose the man if you’re just speaking odds of survival. But if the worst case scenario is at all likely, it’s preferable to be eaten by the bear.
I don't like those kinds of choices, and it depends on who the man is. Some of my friends are men, and I'd enjoy their company in a forest.
I think genders need to stop othering each other, and treat people like the human beings they are.