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I think the link is between men owning cats, not women owning cats.

• mirimir 7y ago
  OK, but why would it be different for women?
  • valarauko 7y ago
    No idea. Perhaps men are indifferent to the pets women have, while women do care? As the initial poster was stating, men who have dogs seem to fare better at attracting women, while men who have cats seem to fare worse. There was nothing about women's success at attracting men, and the effect different animals have on it.
    • mirimir 7y ago
      > As the initial poster was stating, men who have dogs seem to fare better at attracting women, while men who have cats seem to fare worse. What's your evidence for that? There's nothing in the Independent article about it.
      • valarauko 7y ago
        I'm not claiming any evidence, just restating what the earlier commentator had said.
  • nanomonkey 7y ago
    Toxoplasmosis (which is due to a parasitic protozoan that is passed on by cats) effects men and women's personalities differently. It may be due to this effect that there would be a sociological difference.
    • mirimir 7y ago
      Interesting. But that would require that women, collectively, be aware of the difference. And that seems unlikely. If this is a thing, I guess that "likes Lassie" is as good an explanation as any.