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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / March 2008Rather prudish advice from editors of cat magazine regarding "shy" cat and naked 14-year-old boy
I guess this is a typical American-based cat magazine, because naturists (nudists) are common in Europe. In Scandinavian countries, are they not more liberal about clothes-free environments, but males and females of ALL ages have saunas together. This Steve Dale guy should go to www.NetNude.com and learn something before dispensing advice without doing research. He's JUST as prudish as Ann Landers was and those idiots who took over her job. -------- Found on a pet question site (Steve Dale Pet World). Can this be real? Q: Our cat, Martha, loves our two children, Emily, 7 and Justin, who is 14. Justin enjoys taking off all his clothes after school and walks around completely naked. It's common in South Florida for children to run around naked. I am concerned about the effect on Martha. Do cats blush around naked boys? When Justin is fully clothed, the cat has no problem letting him pet her. However, when he's naked, Martha becomes shy. Justin is just not into clothes, so reasoning with him is out of the question. But our concern is for our cat. Can you help? T. G., Boynton Beach, FL A: Cats do not blush, or care if we're wearing clothes unless they have a reason to care. It's rather curious that Martha the cat is fearful of Justin when he has no clothes on. Stephanie LaFarge, senior director of counseling at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in New York agrees. "I am concerned there could be inappropriate contact with the cat, or that somehow this cat is at the very least being threatened in some way by Justin when he's wearing no clothes. There must be an explanation for his fearful response. The scene you describe of a 14-year old boy running around with no clothes, in general, and in front of his 7-year old sister, in particular, is not conventional, and probably inappropriate. I don't know that it's common for 14-year old boys to wear no clothes just because it is Florida. Presumably, you're Justin's father, and you wouldn't have written if you didn't sense something isn't right. Start by having a conversation with the family pediatrician." ___________________________________________ The Naturist-Christians Organization http://www.naturist-christians.org/index.php I agree, its not the boy's nudity that scares the cat, it must be some other action associated with the nudity. It would be the same if the boy had a squirt gun and wet the cat with it, eventually the cat would shy from anyone holding the gun. If the boy is getting naked and masturbating with the cat, the kid has problems. Just another reason not to de-claw house cats..... The writer lets his bias slip through but that's typical of the air heads seen on local TV news and talk shows these days. There a level of ignorance in America that has sadly become the norm. It's a way of looking intelligent by mocking or laughing at the unconventional aspects of human existence. The irony is that most of these ignorant air heads truly believe they are liberal and progressive, all the while advocating such things as mandatory controls on all aspects of freedoms, in the name of safety, for the children, and because it just might save one life, so its worth it. Bill S in AZ >I guess this is a typical American-based cat magazine, because > naturists (nudists) are common in Europe. In Scandinavian countries, [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > The Naturist-Christians Organization > http://www.naturist-christians.org/index.php > I agree, its not the boy's nudity that scares the cat, it must be some other > action associated with the nudity. It would be the same if the boy had a [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > the question. But our concern is for our cat. Can you help? T. G., > > Boynton Beach, FL Wow. You said that very well. "There a level of ignorance in America that has sadly become the norm. It's a way of looking intelligent by mocking or laughing at the unconventional aspects of human existence." is especially true. > > A: Cats do not blush, or care if we're wearing clothes unless they > > have a reason to care. It's rather curious that Martha the cat is [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > - Show quoted text - When my Duncan (long haired dog) was alive he would get bathed and brushed every week and then in the summer we would have him cut very close. He would come back from the groomer looking and smelling very different than the dog that left. Tigger who usually got along well with Duncan would sit on the counter and growl at him for a couple days. She just didn't recognize him. Poor Duncan would try to play with her and got a warning swat on the nose more than once. Luckily Tigger's warning swats were without claws out. Perhaps it is as simple as that. If the boy usually interacts with the cat when he has clothes on, she just may not realize it is the same person and if he tried to pick her up when she didn't realize it was him, she got scared of this strange person. Now she associates him not wearing clothes with fear.  Signaturehttp://www.serenityscenes.com/ > > I agree, its not the boy's nudity that scares the cat, it must be some other > > action associated with the nudity. It would be the same if the boy had a [quoted text clipped - 69 lines] > > - Show quoted text - what level are you talking about....higher than you or lower....social nakedness is all about sex and thats what the revolution was all about...nudist started it and took everyong through the fun of looking at the naked bodies ...children...adults and dogs too....then when the sex got into every known or IMAGINED confuration....so what level are you presently on...nothing is static...hang on for the ride to sodom and gomorah.....jonZeee > I agree, its not the boy's nudity that scares the cat, I wonder if this CAT MAGAZINE knows what a troll is. >> Found on a pet question site (Steve Dale Pet World). Can this be >> real? [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> Cruelty to Animals in New York agrees. "I am concerned there could be >> inappropriate contact with the cat, I've had many cats since I was a kid, I'm 35 now. Knowing what cats are like, I reckon that if there had been "inappropriate contact" with the cat, there would be visible and painful wounding on the young man.. :-) Mike P
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