I thought I was alone in thinking that all cats were female and all dogs were male, but I see now what a common belief it is for kids. I now have seven cats, male and female, but I refer to all of them as "she".
A childhood belief about cats and dogs
you weren't the only one
215 of you believed this
- I used to believe that cats were all female and dogs were all male.— Rachel
- that cats were only girls and dogs were only boys. I definetly didn't get the whole reproducing thing yet.— Jamie
- i used to believe a dog was the male version of a cat.Anon
- I believed that all cats were female and all dogs were male. — Biologically confused
- i thought cats were girls and dogs were boys. Anon
- i used to believe that all cats were female and dogs were male!Anon