Agreed, I think it is interesting that there is a difference, but that is quite a toxic conclusion.
Did they run their statistics over the height of the caregiver? Could simply just be that all men were taller and the cats just think they need to yell lowder because of that. Not unlikely since most couples come together with the man being taller.
Maybe the men all weighed more then the women. Maybe the men were less at home than the women. There’s tons of stuff that could influence this.
pdxfed@lemmy.world 2 days ago
“women ignore their cats so much cats don’t even bother trying very much with vocalizations” could have been an equally crap "interpretation. It’s one study with a hypothesis that hasn’t been duplicated, ever, let alone tested to control variables to prove the hypothesis. Nice clickbait article and that’s all that matters to the NYT in 2025 apparently.
I remember when science articles were actual scientifically validated and reasonably proven before someone would think to publish something. One study? Deserving an article?