I'd be more afraid to meet the bear in the forest than in the woman because if the bear is able to fit inside a woman, it is likely to be on the smaller side.
I wouldn't be too worried about a bear, unless it were a momma bear and the cub was anywhere near me. You just leave while facing it or do step 2 of getting a bearskin rug.
A woman in the woods is terrifying. A lone woman, not hiking, not taking photos, not being a Disney princess with the fauna gathering about her in some sort of whimsical aura, just a woman in the middle of the woods and entirely out of context; terrifying. That is the little girl with mathematics books in a city at night full of aliens.
Have I unknowingly intruded upon her witchy domain with no opportunity for recompense and live? Is she a skinwalker? Is she an alien masquerading as a human female for the purposes of luring foolish men to abduct? Is she a demon harvesting souls for some unholy purpose? Does she want to take half my stuff and a quarter of my income for decades? Does she want to have my children? Does she want to put basic bitch letter signs in every room so I know what to do or what room I am in if I were to forget?
Depends on the bear and the woman. If I'm choosing between a gorged, sleepy, elderly bear and my bloodlusted ex with a gun, then definitely the bear. If it's a random 20 year old woman vs. a starving, pissed-off grizzly, gimme the coed.
Would you be more afraid to meet a bear in the forest late at night, or a woman?
If I’m choosing between a gorged, sleepy, elderly bear and my bloodlusted ex with a gun, then definitely the bear.
NGL, it took me a moment to realize you were saying you would rather come across the bear in this situation, not that you would be more afraid of the bear.
The best case scenario for the bear option is you both avoid each other and move on. The absolute best case scenario for the woman option is she's really the only one out there and is violent enough to survive on her own.
Easy, bear. I'm not sure why I'd be afraid of a woman in the woods. Maybe this question is better suited to places where hiking, foraging, all that sort of stuff isn't really common.