Is it common for straight men to own cats as a pet? (European, heterosexual)

[Whyte Byrd]

Well I love all animals so I don't find liking any of them 'bad taste'. Cats are very entertaining. I'm just mainly a dog person.

[eevee]

Oy, I don't have time to go through another 30+ page thread (just finished reading the "are men afraid of overweight women?" one). Only made it to page 9, so here goes:

Originally Posted by Trimac20

What about men who own poodles?

Hey, don't completely rule out poodles, at least the standard ones. Poodles are sporting dogs after all, bred to retrieve game from the water. The Standard poodle, so long as you don't give it a frou-frou hair cut, is quite the sporty breed.

Originally Posted by jbird82

I'm a single straight guy with a cat. The cat was living outside of my apartment in a bush and after several weeks I brought it in to give it a good home. If that makes me soft, then so be it.

Guys who rescues orphaned animals from bushes are sexy.

Originally Posted by Bideshi

I love cats and dogs! Does that mean I'm a latent bi-sexual? What about horses? I love them too? What does it all mean?!

Well since it's obvious that only little girls like horses (), it means that you are a gay transexual w/ an infantile personality.

Originally Posted by Trimac20

I think the only people who take things like the OP's question seriously are people who are insecure, possibly hiding their own sexuality, and constantly afraid that these things will be 'clues' for people to find out about them.

Or else they live in some podunk part of the country where people still bash up guys for having long hair.

I've read quite a few of nyanna's thread, including her first (?) one on the Chicago forum and, sadly, you are not the first, or even third person to think that she may have insecurity issues or some other personal hang ups.

Nyanna, I don't get you girl. On the one hand, you think black men don't like you b/c you're not light skinned and you seemed concerned by the lack of dating options, and yet on the other hand, you seem so willing to knock a guy down and out just for having a specific pet? Do you think that maybe it's issues surrounding the latter that's holding you up, and not the former?

[eevee]

Sorry if these have already been posted:

What kind of guy, then, is this cat lover?

He looks like any other man: tall, short, "buff," slender, pudgy, youthful or mature. You probably wouldn't be able to pick him out of a crowd. But if you talked to him for awhile, you'd find that he has an ingrained sense of self, without being arrogant, and that he has the ability to laugh at himself (absolutely necessary when owned by a cat). Although he may own them, he doesn't need the typical entrapments of masculinity. He is his own person, and generally is looked up to by others. He may even be macho in appearance, but he retains a sensitivity that surfaces at unexpected times.

He isn't threatened by cats, feels no need to lord over them, and loves them for the very independence that some other men find annoying. He may drive a taxi, design aircraft or rule over boardrooms during the day, but he comes home to cuddle and coo with his furball the minute he enters the house, and he's not embarrassed to admit it. He pretty much resembles the guy I married, or Gary, Dave, Carl, and any of the other men on the Cats forums, and he's "one up" on other men for that reason.

Real Men Do Love Cats

Mr. Fulrath is one of a growing number of single — and yes, heterosexual — men who seem to be coming out of the cat closet and unabashedly embracing their feline side.

More Men Are Unabashedly Embracing Their Love of Cats - NYTimes.com

And while we're dispelling stereotypes, here's a few more:
-not all women like pink and rom coms
-not all men watch football
-not all black people like fried chicken
-not all Asians are bad drivers
-not all white people from the South are racist rednecks
-not all gay men are super effeminate
-not all lesbians are manly and butch

[PJ1252]

i dont believe sexuality has anything to do with choice of pets - i have had gay friends that owned dogs or cats and of course there were those had that no pets at all - i take it you dont like cats as well as gay men -

[eevee]

Originally Posted by nyanna

So what. We all have our own stereotypes about certain things or people. No need to get all upset about it.

You said you were from/living in the South right now, right (Alabama or Mississippi)? So you have no problem when people stereotype all black women from the South as being fat, uneducated, & lazy? How about when people stereotype black women as a whole as being loud, ghetto, welfare queens, ignorant, and ugly? How about that all dark skinned black women are angry?

I know stereotypes exist and won't ever fully go away, but it's up to the INTELLIGENT folks among us to look beyond such unfounded stereotypes and get to know a person on an individual basis and not just make ASSumptions about who they are. Stereotypes are the tools of the lazy, narrow-minded, and lazy.

[eevee]

Originally Posted by green_mariner

Thank you. And I respect people who aren't afraid of doing things that are considered "strange" by certain standards. Part of the reason I keep on being me.

Good for you!

*signed by a black woman who owns rats, loves reptiles, rodents, and tarantulas more than pretty little butterflies, watches anime every night, and currently had a Gogol Bordello song as her ringtone*

[MissLucky]

Originally Posted by eevee

you said you were from/living in the south right now, right (alabama or mississippi)? So you have no problem when people stereotype all black women from the south as being fat, uneducated, lazy? How about when people stereotype black women as a whole as being loud, ghetto, welfare queens, ignorant, and ugly? how about that all dark skinned black women are angry?

lol!

[Chilly2012]

How secure are you? Your choice in pets does not determine who you are as a person, you simply like cats. Who ever told you that having a cat symbolizes gay is probably not wrapped too tight. One would probably question your psyche if you have to ponder this question in your mind, but lets just say for the sake of all the cats on earth that this does symbolize gay, is there something different about the way a gay person loves and cares for their pet cat as opposed to straight! I say this to you with the most positive energy I can dredge up..LIVE AND LET LIVE!

[Trimac20]

Since you're the expert Lao (and Facebook polls with representative samples are so reliable), can you answer the question I put to you before, do you find it more common for:

(a) single women to own cats?

(b) single gay men to own cats?

than single straight males?

[Capt. Dan]

Originally Posted by Trimac20

Since you're the expert Lao (and Facebook polls with representative samples are so reliable), can you answer the question I put to you before, do you find it more common for:

(a) single women to own cats?

(b) single gay men to own cats?

than single straight males?

No reply from Lao?? I guess the cats got his tongue!!