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?
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