I would also like to add, actually educating people about average bear behaviour would help.

Most bears will flee if given a choice, and are very unlikely to attack. Globally, there's only around 40 bear attacks a year, and less than 5% are deadly. A lot of how they react is driven by how the encounter starts, if you're within 60m before it notices you, you're significantly more likely to be attacked.

Meaning that seeing a bear from a distance off is basically always just going to be neat and maybe a nice photo.

They are huge dangerous creatures, but so are people, and they'd rather not take the risk.

Knowing that makes the argument a bit more reasonable than just pointing out how bad/unpredictable men are