What exactly is a cat lady?
Where does this figure of ridicule come from?
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Boy, did JD Vance stir up a hornet's nest when he likened female Democrats to a "bunch of childless cat ladies." In no time at all the Republican Party's nominee for vice president was enduring the ire of women everywhere, infuriated by such an offhand put-down. Vance was referring to the centuries-old stereotype of the lonely, romance-challenged spinster, but where did this figure of pity originate, and how did society advance the image?
Click through and find out more about the cat lady and her place in history.
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