"In medieval times, cats didn’t always enjoy the favorable attention today’s feline-fixated internet bestows upon them. It didn’t help that historically, women with cats were portrayed not only as possessed, but as violent."
~ Leslie Katz
"The Murderous Medieval Roots Of JD Vance’s ‘Childless Cat Lady’ Meme"
"Cats, moreover, and especially black ones, were commonly believed to be demonic, even satan incarnate.
“The fact that cats can climb really well probably made them more frightening, since demons were meant to prefer entering houses through the chimney,” Purkiss said in an interview. “Having a cat was therefore a sign of possible supernatural involvement, but especially if its owner ticked the other boxes of being childless and postmenopausal. This is also the origin of the stereotype that cat ladies are crazy.”
~ Leslie Katz
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