Cat and Woman: A Case of Gender Polarity

The most well-groomed and favourite domestic animal is undoubtedly the cat, the friend of the lonely woman. The female gender is expected to be domesticated. Nobody speaks about grooming a member of the male gender to make him fit for the home. A cat that is not friendly and homely is never picked and provided; it must cater to our needs and be necessarily cute and endearing to enjoy the privileges. A wild cat and an “unconforming” woman are never accepted home. Thus, cat and woman share a similar fate. Denise M. Driscoll, a social psychologist, count cat as the indicators of human cultural adolescence