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Secret Society of Cats and Dogs

I have never represented myself as an expert on anything, but one thing I am sure of, I don't understand women. This article wasn't meant to be funny, just a personal observation. Now with that in mind take a minute to share my thoughts.

Some time back, some dufus wrote a book saying men are from one planet while women are from another. Idiot! We're all from the same planet, and none of us are green nor do we have antennas. It's simply that women are cats and men are dogs.

I can dislike a guy I went to school with, and years later meet him again and be friends with him. This is a man thing. Men get mad at each other, but their attention span spare them the lifelong vendettas. Women, on the other hand never get over things. If one wrongs the other in highschool, they become lifelong enemies. No matter how long, or who she's married to, a girl remembers that little Suzie took her boyfriend in highschool.

Oh, they may speak at Walmarts when they pass. They may compliment each other's clothing, but they bristle. They will watch each other from a distance until one leaves the store.

Why does this mean men are dogs and women are cats? Let's look at the two species. If a man walks down the street and passes another man he may never say a word. If that man walks past a man working on his riding lawnmower he will most likely stop and strike up a mower conversation. They will happily play with the mower and be friendly with each other. Like a dog.

Women pass on the street and they always look at each other. If a woman is working on the lawnmower she will stop and watch the other woman walk by. Keeping her eyes on this passing woman until she is safely out of her territory. Each will size the other up. Like a cat.

I have observed this behavior in all women and girls. The other day I was at Walmart (a lot of my human behavior research is done at Walmart) and I started watching people. The ones that stood out were women. My attention turned to their interaction with each other. Each would pass another and you could tell they were sizing each other up.

Even little girls do this. This girl, who appeared to be about eleven was pushing the cart beside her mother. They walked past two other little girls about the same age. The girl with the buggy gave the others a very dirty look.

Then a little farther down another little girl with her mother passed the first little girl and they both gave each other that look. The more I watched kids the more I realized I was witness to a secret society.

These little girls were deciding instantly, whether they had any threat from the other. Either by looks, clothing or whatever. They were making snap judgements about each other.

This society goes all the way back to babies. Watch two babies pass each other in strollers. Each baby will strain to see the other.

So why does this different behavior exist in the two sexes? Simply it could be because of social environment. Men are geared by social pressure from childhood to be intellectual. That is to say their acceptance among their peers is based upon skill level or knowledge. Girls on the other hand, usually more intelligent per age than boys are peer graded by looks. Each little girl is told she is beautiful from birth on. Her acceptance is based on this belief. So she watches other girls to decide if she is prettier. This is their social structure. Boys on the other hand work on lawnmowers. And they stop to help others work on mowers in the hopes that they will find the problem, thus making themselves superior to this man.

Men get along well together, until a woman is put into the mix. Two men can occupy themselves for hours in a garage tinkering. But allow a pretty woman to walk into the garage and watch the men turn on each other. Sound like dogs?

Women spend hours by themselves, satisfied to read books and the such. Yet let another woman get near her home and she knows it immediately.

Either way, once the woman leaves, the man thinks, "she was attracted to me!"  When the strange girl leaves the woman, the woman thinks "her hair was a mess or she thinks she's better than me."

Women never truly have friends of the same sex. No matter how long they know each other they still compete.

So you watch girls meet girls, and guys meet guys. Watch dogs meet dogs and cats meet cats. Dogs smell each others rears, and become friends, until a female dog comes along. Cats bristle at the site of each other, and never remove their stare. Similarity?

Men are dogs and women are cats.

I could be wrong.

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