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All hail the rise of cat men, an antidote to toxic masculinity
ABC News ^ | December 11, 2016 | Hayley Gleeson

Posted on 12/14/2016 10:57:23 AM PST by Trump20162020

An online movement of men is shrugging off the stereotype that 'cats are for girls' and flaunting their affinity for kitties, writes Hayley Gleeson. And they're giving others permission to embrace a gentler, more thoughtful kind of masculinity.

Myles Loughran is a cat man. 'Cat man' as in, 'cat lady', but with a Y-chromosome. Put another way, Mr Loughran is a man who likes cats — as opposed to a man who likes dogs, say, or miniature pigs.

"There's something about cats," the 29-year-old co-owner of Cat Cafe Melbourne tells ABC News.

"I feel they can give you that real dedication that a lot of animals can't. And even though they can be a bit aloof, when they bond with you, there's nothing like it."

(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: australia; cat; catcafe; cats; genderwars; kittyping; manhood; melbourne; trends
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To: Trump20162020

What these people really need is an antidote for toxoplasma gondii. Crazy cat ladies have ruled this country for quite long enough.


61 posted on 12/14/2016 11:26:43 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: tet68
Dang your hide .... cat tennis photo: tennis cat tenniscat.jpg you aced me.
62 posted on 12/14/2016 11:27:41 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
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To: Trump20162020
Some men REALLY love cats:


63 posted on 12/14/2016 11:32:21 AM PST by needmorePaine
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To: Trump20162020

“An online movement of men is shrugging off the stereotype that ‘cats are for girls’ “

There are actually bored people that think this?

Get whatever pet you want, dude.


64 posted on 12/14/2016 11:32:27 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: tumblindice

Always one of my favorites.


65 posted on 12/14/2016 11:33:01 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I told my wife we can get a cat for the house, when they clone and bring back the saber toothed tiger. Until then, no sale.


66 posted on 12/14/2016 11:36:14 AM PST by 9422WMR (President Trump, I like the sound of that!)
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To: Trump20162020

I like my cat. He’s a thug.


67 posted on 12/14/2016 11:38:47 AM PST by Stentor
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To: Trump20162020
Trash this f@ggoty article. Here's all you need to know.

Hemingway's cats Hemingway and cats Smiley face

68 posted on 12/14/2016 11:41:02 AM PST by fwdude (Stronger, To Get Her)
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To: 9422WMR

If you use a big word like smilodon, she’ll love you for it ...


69 posted on 12/14/2016 11:43:27 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: WayneS
I like both dogs and cats.

Does that make you bi-petual?

70 posted on 12/14/2016 11:45:05 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: linear; governsleastgovernsbest; SunkenCiv; Nachum; SJackson

But “THIS” story is “real news” in the “real media” .. and MUST push any mentioin of Hillary’s hundreds of millions from foreign corporations, Russian corporations, and gay-killing, women-oppressing Muslim right off the front page, middle page, and bottom-wiping page!


71 posted on 12/14/2016 11:49:49 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: mewzilla; All
On Abraham Lincoln, cat lover...

Kitten-Loving Lincoln & His White House Cat Team (Cats in the White House, Part 2)

72 posted on 12/14/2016 11:54:58 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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To: tet68

A good way to carry liberals as well.


73 posted on 12/14/2016 11:55:02 AM PST by Oatka
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To: Trump20162020
"There's something about cats,"

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74 posted on 12/14/2016 11:55:30 AM PST by dragonblustar
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To: Trump20162020

The premise of this article is just bizarre.


75 posted on 12/14/2016 11:56:10 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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To: linear

“Toxic masculinity”

3rd wave (new) feminist term to demonize male attitudes and behavior with the goal of making men act like women.


76 posted on 12/14/2016 11:59:28 AM PST by Personal Responsibility (We need a separation of press and state!)
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To: Trump20162020

What bulls***! The type of pet a guy has doesn’t make him a macho or a wuss-upbringing does that...

MrT5 and my 1st husband liked both large dogs and cats-both definitely steeped in toxic masculinity blue collar type guys who served in the military. My orange mostly-Persian cat, Titus was MrT5’s fav pet-Titus is a dedicated lapcat. Most of the guys I work with have cats-some of them-including the contractor I work for-have photos of their cats and dogs on their phones and like to show them to everyone on the jobsite-they are tough redneck construction types-real macho guys-not neutered metrosexuals...


77 posted on 12/14/2016 12:04:49 PM PST by Texan5 (`"You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to drive a hard line"...)
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To: linear

“Toxic masculinity?”

More mush from Man-Haters, Inc.


78 posted on 12/14/2016 12:09:38 PM PST by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: Grampa Dave

I’m with you! While I love cats, dogs and a number of other animals - many of which are very good to eat - it’s clear that “cat men” is just a liberal euphemism for “pussies”.


79 posted on 12/14/2016 12:14:09 PM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: RoosterRedux

“Real men love pussies.
Some even like to grab them.”

Ain’t nothing wrong with grabbing them...most of us have done that - at some point.


80 posted on 12/14/2016 12:16:24 PM PST by ConsCA
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