Study shows: Women find men less attractive when they’re holding a cat

Time to change your profile pic. A new study found women find men less attractive if THEY’RE into cats.  Researchers at Colorado State University took photos of various men: one by themselves, and one of them holding a cat.  Then over 700 women rated the photos.  And when men were holding cats, they were seen as less masculine AND less datable.  It applied to both short-term and long-term relationship potential.

So they were less datable across the board.  And they were seen as “more neurotic” when holding a cat.  There was one key demographic that didn’t care though.  Women who described themselves as a “cat person” were just as likely to say a guy was datable, whether he was holding a cat or not.  In other words, it didn’t hurt their chances with women who love cats.  But it also didn’t help.

• The Cats Of Istanbul

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  ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JULY 07: A kitten rests on a wall on July 7, 2017 in Istanbul, Turkey. Istanbul is known as the City of Cats and sometimes referred to as Catstanbul. Hundreds of thousands of cats have roamed the metropolis for thousands of years. The city's streets are lined with food and water bowls and small cat houses placed by residents in a communal effort to look after the street cats. In Islam cats are considered ritually clean animals and the only animal to be permitted to enter the Great Mosque of Mecca and there are many stories in the history books referencing the Prophet Muhammad's love of cats. In 2016 a documentary film "Kedi" meaning cat in Turkish, which followed the daily life of a group of cats in the city grossed more than four million USD at the box office making it one of the highest grossing foreign language films to date. August 8 is International Cat Day. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

• The Cats Of Istanbul

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  ISTANBUL, TURKEY - AUGUST 08: A kitten plays with a feather in a park on August 8, 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey. Istanbul is known as the City of Cats and sometimes referred to as 'Catstanbul.' Hundreds of thousands of cats have roamed the metropolis for thousands of years. The city's streets are lined with food and water bowls and small cat houses placed by residents in a communal effort to look after the street cats. In Islam cats are considered ritually clean animals and the only animal to be permitted to enter the Great Mosque of Mecca and there are many stories in the history books referencing the Prophet Muhammad's love of cats. In 2016 a documentary film "Kedi" meaning cat in Turkish, which followed the daily life of a group of cats in the city grossed more than four million USD at the box office making it one of the highest grossing foreign language films to date. August 8 is International Cat Day. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

• The Cats Of Istanbul

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• Cat Emergency At Battersea As Fewer Prospective Owners Come Forward

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  LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 18: Stray kittens sit in a cat box at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home on August 18, 2009 in London, England. Battersea Dogs and Cats Home is seeing a sharp rise in the number of cats requiring a home with 143 of the 145 shelter's pens full. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

• Philippines Eases Lockdown Amid The Coronavirus Outbreak

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  MANILA, PHILIPPINES - JUNE 01: A small kitten sits on the floor next to a social distancing marker, as commuters queue to get on trains on the first day of relaxed quarantine measures on June 1, 2020 in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines. The Philippines on Monday eased one of the world's longest and strictest lockdowns in the world to curb the spread of the coronavirus, even as cases of the virus in the country continue to rise. The 80-day lockdown in parts of the country has left millions of Filipinos jobless and hungry, and even as free mass testing for COVID-19 remains absent in most parts of the country, there has been a spike in reported cases in the past week. The Philippines' Department of Health has so far reported 18,086 cases of the coronavirus in the country, with at least 957 recorded fatalities. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)

• Animal Sanctuary Needs £200,000 To Avoid Closure

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  MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - JULY 27: Milly, a 13-week-old kitten waits with her brother Charlie (L) to be re-homed at The Society for Abandoned Animals Sanctuary in Sale, Manchester which is facing an urgent cash crisis and possible closure on July 27, 2010 in Manchester, England. The Society for Abandoned Animals exists entirely on public support and unless it can raise GBP 50,000 in the next couple of months it will have to close down. The registered charity started in 1967 and in the last five years alone the charity has rescued and found homes for more than 1,000 cats, 290 rabbits and 262 dogs. The rescue centre is one of the many who are suffering a downfall in donations due to the economic recession. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
• Animal Sanctuary Needs £200,000 To Avoid Closure

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  MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - JULY 27: Milly, a 13-week-old kitten looks through the glass of her pen as she waits to be re-homed at The Society for Abandoned Animals Sanctuary in Sale, Manchester, which is facing an urgent cash crisis and possible closure on July 27, 2010 in Manchester, England. The Society for Abandoned Animals exists entirely on public support and unless it can raise GBP 50,000 in the next couple of months it will have to close down. The registered charity started in 1967 and in the last five years alone the charity has rescued and found homes for more than 1,000 cats, 290 rabbits and 262 dogs. The rescue centre is one of the many who are suffering a downfall in donations due to the economic recession. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

• Duchess Of Cornwall Opens New Cattery At Battersea Dogs Home

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  LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 27: Lucy the kitten gets her claws stuck in to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall's jacket as an aide helps her get the kitten off at Battersea Dog and Cat's Home on October 27, 2010 in London, England. This was the Duchess's first visit to the home, she toured the facilities and opened the new cattery which offers refuge to lost and abandoned cats and kittens. The Home is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year (Photo by Chris Jackson - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

• Duchess Of Cornwall opens New cattery At Battersea Dogs Home

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  LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 27: Kittens are seen in a bucket before they meet Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall's as she visits Battersea Dog and Cat's Home on October 27, 2010 in London, England. This was the Duchess's first visit to the home, she toured the facilities and opened the new cattery which offers refuge to lost and abandoned cats and kittens. The Home is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. (Photo by Chris Jackson - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
• Kellie Pickler Unveils The Fresh Step Limited-Edition Cat Sweater Benefiting The ASPCA

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  NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 24: Country music singer Kellie Pickler attends the unveiling of the Fresh Step Limited-Edition cat sweater at the ASPCA Adoption Center on January 24, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)