Meta’s research on cat and dog people

Yesterday was International Cat Day 2022 and in honour of this day, I’m going to refer to Meta’s research on cat and dog people, which was conducted on August 7, 2016, one day before International Cat Day 2016. Facebook is in an enviable position when it comes to analysing people because they have billions …

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Domestic cats need politicians who like cats and here is one example!

North Carolina Governor Cooper and Bing

North Carolina Governor Cooper is seen in this photograph holding Bing, a Siamese type shelter cat, and smiling. Melissa’s Facebook post tells us that he and the First Lady of North Carolina are very involved in the adoption and fostering of animals from local shelters. They’ve adopted a cat themselves from a shelter found …

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Ethical banks in the UK in 2020 and why cat lovers should use them!

How often do we think of alternatives to the high street banks? I don’t or I didn’t. But all of the big five UK high street banks do not have the whitest of reputations when it comes to ethical behaviour. A list of their misdeeds is too long to go over here and anyway …

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Do cats prefer women?

Ugandan kitten

Do domestic cats prefer women? It seems distinctly possible that domestic cats do prefer women, in general. Obviously there will be specific instances when they don’t. It is quite unusual to ask if cats prefer women. Most reference books don’t touch on this sort of issue. But it is relevant in terms of best …

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Why do people love cats?

Loving a cat

The bottom line is that people love cats because they need to express their love towards a significant other and the cat is a great partner in that respect. Everyone needs to love and be loved. Each person will have their own version of the answer to the question in the title. There won’t …

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Women are less likely to swipe right on men with cats – observations

Max

I would like to make some observations about the Colorado State University’s study of 708 straight women aged between 18-24 who decided collectively that they were less likely to swipe right on photographs of men with their cats. In case you don’t know, “swiping right” comes from the Tinder dating app where you swipe …

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Straight women regard men holding cats as less attractive in dating apps

Colorado State Uni study on women's perceptions of men holding cats

A study carried out at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, at Colorado State University, USA, found that straight women using a dating app regarded men in pictures of them holding a cat less masculine and therefore less attractive than when they were alone standing up. As a result men holding cats …

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