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Facts About Cats & Women
“What is it about cats & women? Why are there “cat ladies” but not “hamster ladies”? Why do so many women seem to gravitate towards cats? The crazy-cat-lady stereotype aside...I know many more women than men who have a special bond with their cats...
A new study supports the idea that a special relationship exists between women & cats. To be published in the journal Behavioral Processes, the study explains how researchers observed the interactions between 41 cats & their human families; the scientists noted all behaviors of both cats & humans, & also assessed their personalities as well as their influence over one another. While many people might consider cats to be aloof, self-serving prima donnas, the study concludes otherwise...they found that cats forge true attachment to their owners...
The researchers witnessed a mutual social interaction in which both cats & people signaled to each other when they wanted to give or receive affection.
Cats keep track of how their needs are being met. They were more likely to respond to owners’ needs, if their owners had previously responded to theirs.
Cats seem to remember kindness & return favors later. If owners grant their feline’s wishes to interact, then the cat will often reply to the owner’s wishes later...
While men got along with their cats, researchers saw more interactions between women & their animals, finding that cats were more likely to approach women than men & to do things like jump on their laps to initiate contact. Study author Manuela Wedl of the University of Vienna told Discovery News that women’s relationships with their cats were “more intense...”
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