OT: A psycho question

mamav

mamav

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OK, I seem to have developed this bad habit of all dogs are he's and all cats are she's. Is that because deep down I think men are just tail wagging, slobbering balls to be played with and women are irrate, claw ladened, people shredding things to be left to there own demise??? I'm wondering if this could be a bad sign for any interested gentlemen I might meet?? :confused: :eek: :footinmou

Just thought you guys might be able to set me straight....I really thought I was a pretty nice, kind, compassionate soul.....Maybe there is absolutely no connection, but it should make a nice round of comments come through ;) Go for it :D
 
Gender is one topic of discussion; species is another. Do not confuse the two.

Women are like individuals who are women. Men are like individuals who are men.

Dogs are nicely social animals who instinctively like pack hierarchy.

Cats are solitary hunters who seek out comfort levels when and if they choose to indulge themselves in that comfort at that particular time.

Cats do, however, kill the kittens of females to bring the females back in season. Dogs do not do this.

Therefore it is proved:


I dunno.


Kis


(Edit to add: Extrapolations to animals from human behavior has two possible negative consequences: 1. It leads to erroneous assumptions; 2. It insults the animals.)


(Last edit, I promise:)

Gender Differences in Regional Cerebral Blood Flow during Transient Self-Induced Sadness or Happiness

Mark S. George, Terence A. Ketter, Priti I. Parekh, Peter Herscovitch and Robert M. Post

Received 22 April 1994; revised 8 February 1995. Available online 22 March 1999.




Abstract
Men, compared to women, are less likely to experience mood disorders. We wondered if gender differences exist in the ability to self-induce transient sadness and happiness, and in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) either at rest or during transient emotions. Ten adult men and 10 age-matched women, all healthy and never mentally ill, were scanned using H215O positron emission tomography at rest and during happy, sad, and neutral states self-induced by recalling affect-appropriate life events and looking at happy, sad, or neutral human faces. At rest, women had decreased temporal and prefrontal cortex rCBF, and increased brainstem rCBF. There were no significant between-group differences in difficulty, effort required, or the degree of happiness or sadness induced. Women activated a significantly wider portion of their limbic system than did men during transient sadness, despite similar self-reported changes in mood. These findings may aid in understanding gender differences with respect to emotion and mood.

Author Keywords: Positron emission tomography; cerebral blood flow; cingulate; mood disorders; affective illness; affect; sadness; euphoria; emotion; limbic system; gender

Index Terms: brain blood flow; mood; life event; recall; limbic system
 
don't sweat it, mamav - you're just like my mother. I've had a male cat for almost 8 years and Mom still says "Oh, she's so pretty"....:rolleyes:
 
From the looks of your avatar, I think you are definitely in the cat group. :D

From the looks of mine, I must be in the dog group. :p
 
I've heard somewhere that women who prefer dogs
do so because of the more 'male' personalities.
& that men who prefer cats
do so because of the more 'female' personalities.

Here's an interesting tidbit I Googled:
The cat ".... as man's new best friend. ......
...... research shows they are the new 'babe magnet' - 98% of single women would prefer to date someone who loves cats......."
http://www.petplanet.co.uk/petplanet/news/newsbody.asp?article_id=291
 
let's look at dogs and cats in terms of the pets of say, some gods, or the roles of the animals in mythology:

Freya, goddess of love, war, and magic - Has two cats who pull her chariot, (but also has a boar she rides into battle sometimes.)

Odin, god of war, magic, and the father of the gods has two wolves that attend him, (as well as two ravens and an 8-legged horse.)

Anubis - The jackal-headed Egyptian god.

Bast - The cat-headed Egyptian goddess.

Bothe dogs and cats are revered by the Egyptians as special pets, and they are often mummified and interred with their masters.

The Ulfhednar(wolf-coats) - An elite band of shamanic viking warriors, similar to Berserks.

The Jaguar warriors - An elite band of shamanic Aztec warriors, similar to the Beserks of viking age. Dressed in Jaguar skins.

Garm, Cereberus - Underworld guard-dogs in Norse and Greek mythology.

Dog and Tiger are both in the Chinese zodiac, and in Medieval heraldry in one form or another.

What was the question again???:D

You are not alone in the He-dog and she-cat calling. If we walk our bitches on a popular trail here in Indy, most do assume (incorrectly) that my dogs are male.

I also enjoy the confusion of the sex of newborn human babes, as it is pretty hard to tell at that age. My two year old daughter can be wearing pink coveralls, and still get called "He."

Keith
 
Luna (my Mom's Aussie/Lab mix) has a delicate face and soft, wavy fur. She just looks like a girl. Rook, on the other hand (my Lab/Shar-pei mix) has short, abrasive fur and a heavy, muscular body. My Grandma still calls her a boy. But my Grams also calls be my Uncle's name more often than not, so I just tell Rook to take it with a grain of salt.

Frank
 
There are careful dogs
There are friendly cats
I saw one once
Quite nice, at that

There are friendly girls
There are careful boys
And occasional folk
With terrific toys

Like kukris. What were we saying?

;)

John
 
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