Growing up I believed that all dogs were boys and all cats were girls. I thought cats looked too feminine to ever be a boy. Even when I learned otherwise, I still always referred to cats as shes and dogs as hes.
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