Survey upsets:

Women prefer to encounter bears in the forest than men

Many women would rather meet a bear in the forest than a strange man.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/stock.adobe.com)

If you were walking alone in the forest, who would you rather encounter: an unknown man or a bear? An astonishing number of young women opt for the four-legged friend, considering it safer to be alone with a "predictable predator" than with a "strange guy".

A TikTok video that originally sparked this debate has been commented on more than 80,000 times. The basic tenor: women fear violence from men, men are offended.