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> Owning a cat however isn't the same, and could have a negative effect. Is this about the American attitude that dogs are always boys and cats are always girl
by pluma 7y ago
> Owning a cat however isn't the same, and could have a negative effect.
Is this about the American attitude that dogs are always boys and cats are always girls, i.e. having a cat is "less manly"?
The only two things I can think of are that dogs naturally lend themselves to meeting people because they need to be walked, act as a conversation starter and may even approach strangers themselves; and that dogs are (apparently especially in the US) more socially accepted than cats, so the chances of someone being a dog person (or familiar with dogs) being higher than for cats.
- dwd 7y agoI think it's a perception of cats from people who have never owned one and only grew up with a dog, and were brought up to not like cats. These kinds of dog people tend to associate with the traits in their dogs they like or wish about themselves. I think they then associate cat owners with cat traits (particularly negative ones).
- kwhitefoot 7y ago> the American attitude that dogs are always boys and cats are always girls Really? How odd.
- mrkstu 7y agoYep- all the dogs my wife and I have owned have been female- yet, nearly universally, everyone has presupposed them to be male. Our one cat, on the other hand, though male, was presupposed to be female. It's definitely a thing.