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  • I don’t think this is a good example of class struggle, at least not directly. The bear meme is valid in as much as it describes one woman’s feelings, but the truth is that in 85-90% of cases, the woman knows her attacker1. The random man is simply not the issue.

    The issue is power disparity. Teacher vs student, employer vs worker, landlord vs tenant. It’s difficult to reduce the power difference due to physical strength, but the others are all changeable. More (meaningful) oversight for police, better tenancy boards, and stronger unions are all examples of structures that might make it harder to victimize women.

    Class struggle explains economic, and maybe political power, but those are not the only types of power in play.

    And if I’m wrong? Then we’ve made a better society for nothing.

    1 https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/most-victims-know-their-attacker