The Fact About Cat Women: Not Childless, Not Lonely, and Above Politics

Just a few weeks in the past, who knew that cat women would develop into a political pressure? All due to one misguided remark by a vice presidential candidate sneering at “childless cat women.”

The one factor is that we all know fairly a number of cat individuals (childless and never) who belong to the identical celebration as that particular person, and so they had been simply as aggravated by this comment because the individuals on the opposite facet of the political spectrum. And when the man not too long ago tried to stroll again his remark (which he truly made in 2021), he simply made it worse.

It was such a silly and divisive factor to say within the first place — and pointless. It feeds right into a cliche that isn’t even true. I dug into the demographics behind who cat women actually are. And what? “Cat women” are such a broad group of folks that aside from the truth that they like cats, they’ll’t actually be labeled.

Let’s have a look at a few of the stats.

In accordance with data-axle.com:

64% of cat house owners are feminine. Nevertheless, 60% of canine house owners are additionally feminine! So there’s not that massive of a distinction between cat and canine possession.

Solely 3% extra canine house owners are married than cat house owners. So no, not all cat women are single. And whereas exhausting statistics are scarce round what number of single cat house owners there are, it ranges from simply 30 to 50%. That’s proper, someplace between 50 and 70% of cat house owners are married or dwelling with a accomplice.

Listed below are some further numbers, in accordance with Forbes.com:

40% of cat house owners have incomes over 100K, and 36% of cat house owners additionally personal their very own house.

81% of Gen Z pet house owners (, our future) have cats.

Are cat individuals lonely? Really, that’s completely a fable. Lots of people are aware of the Psychology Immediately story from a number of years again that identified that cat individuals are typically extra introverted than canine individuals. And there’s the fact: introverted individuals don’t need to be round individuals all that a lot. They’re not lonely, they’re simply extra snug protecting their very own firm. Or protecting firm with their cats and no different people. That’s not lonely, that’s their very own private desire.

And what about political leaning? Don’t suppose that cats belong to only one facet of the political spectrum. In accordance with statistics from Cramer-Krasselt, 40% of Democrats are cat house owners, whereas 35% of Republicans personal cats. So whereas cat possession might lean blue, it’s not by all that a lot. And 77% of Democrats and 66% of Republicans take into account their cats a part of the household. So whereas there’s a wider distinction right here, it’s nonetheless a majority in each circumstances.

I feel it’s protected to say that there are hundreds of thousands of cat house owners throughout the political spectrum, and so they all love their feline overlords. We might disagree about a variety of issues, however by no means let it get in the way in which of what actually issues: cats, in fact!