No, he may be hunderds of meters away from you. You’re certainly not getting stabbed this second, but the point is that you won’t know what he’ll do until it’s too late to avoid it. The bear is much easier to handle at a distance, especially since the bear is much less likely to move toward you than the man. The man isn’t very likely to move toward you either, but still more than the bear, which is almost guaranteed to avoid you.
If you suddenly realize that there’s a bear not too far from you (still hundreds of meters away), it’s not a nice feeling, but you still know what to do. If you sudenly realize that there’s a man not too far, it’s probably okay, but your risk meter goes up the closer he comes toward you and you don’t react, whereas if the bear even turns toward you, you just leave and you’re safe again.
You can also turn away from the man the moment he turns toward you, obviously. But the whole point of the danger assessment is that you don’t know how to react, and the risk only goes up for a woman alone in the woods. The man is an unknown variable, the bear is not. That is the entire message of the answer.
Entirely different situation when you’re not up in each other’s face. I thought that was the whole deal. If that isn’t the deal, I get the bear choice.
No, he may be hunderds of meters away from you. You’re certainly not getting stabbed this second, but the point is that you won’t know what he’ll do until it’s too late to avoid it. The bear is much easier to handle at a distance, especially since the bear is much less likely to move toward you than the man. The man isn’t very likely to move toward you either, but still more than the bear, which is almost guaranteed to avoid you.
If you suddenly realize that there’s a bear not too far from you (still hundreds of meters away), it’s not a nice feeling, but you still know what to do. If you sudenly realize that there’s a man not too far, it’s probably okay, but your risk meter goes up the closer he comes toward you and you don’t react, whereas if the bear even turns toward you, you just leave and you’re safe again.
You can also turn away from the man the moment he turns toward you, obviously. But the whole point of the danger assessment is that you don’t know how to react, and the risk only goes up for a woman alone in the woods. The man is an unknown variable, the bear is not. That is the entire message of the answer.
Entirely different situation when you’re not up in each other’s face. I thought that was the whole deal. If that isn’t the deal, I get the bear choice.