Is your cat destroying your love life? This study says ‘yes.’

Is your cat destroying your love life? This study says ‘yes.’

According to a new study, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, dudes need to ditch their cats in their dating profiles if they are really serious about securing a Valentine.

The study featured in the peer reviewed journal “Animals” and (amazingly) titled “Not the Cat’s Meow? The Impact of Posing with Cats on Female Perceptions of Male Dateability” found that heterosexual males posing with a cat in their photos were “less masculine when holding the cat, higher in neuroticism, agreeableness, and openness; and less dateable” by more than 1,300 women.

An expert at Match.com even backed it up. Rachel DeAlto, Match’s chief dating expert, told the WSJ that straight men had a 5 percent lower chance of landing a “like” on their site when it was revealed that they had a cat. Straight women with cats were 7 percent less likely.

The scientists behind the study admitted that their findings were more than a little limited. Both guys are white, thin, college-aged, and according to WSJ “clearly preppy.” They plan to do a broader study representing a more “globalized skin tone” in the future to ensure that it’s really the cat women are turned off by, not suitor himself.

Still, the online dating evidence isn’t doing felines any favors. According to the article, dogs give straight and gay men a 20 percent higher chance on average for scoring a “like” and women a 3 percent higher likelihood.

But the WSJ author shared via Twitter that she’s sticking by her cat-loving tendencies.

Thebudguru

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