Ivanova Shostakovich 4,631 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Apparently, according to this, owning cats can make their owners more likely to be into bdsm than other people. Something about how toxoplasmosis can affect people. Can anyone here who owns at least one cat honestly say that it isn't all about submission? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Marcus Nieves 0 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 This a question? Link to post Share on other sites
Ivanova Shostakovich 4,631 Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 I think I'll call it a discussion topic. Link to post Share on other sites
CheriColette 1,560 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Im afraid it is submission, if you work for a cat, you are hooked. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Clover Jinx 13,845 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Rhonda Huntress 22,836 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 I need to start applying for government grants to study this phenomena. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Clover Jinx 13,845 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 2 minutes ago, Rhonda Huntress said: I need to start applying for government grants to study this phenomena. That would make me the control subject. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Rhonda Huntress 22,836 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 1 minute ago, Clover Jinx said: That would make me the control subject. Yes. Control. And punishment too if you are a bad kitty. 6 Link to post Share on other sites
Amanda Crisp 2,689 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 So.......taking care of my cat gives me a desire to tie other people up? 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Talligurl 43,613 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 I have cats, and no. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
mikka Luik 209 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Ah the metro uk (owned by the same 'people' who erm publish the daily mail) instant hairball response right there so pretty much self identify as a cat person. (Not to be confused with the other Metro free rag). Lord Rothermere would approve no doubt. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Rhonda Huntress 22,836 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 (edited) Quote Abstract Behavioral patterns, including sexual behavioral patterns, are usually understood as biological adaptations increasing the fitness of their carriers. Many parasites, so-called manipulators, are known to induce changes in the behavior of their hosts to increase their own fitness. Such changes are also induced by a parasite of cats, Toxoplasma gondii. The most remarkable change is the fatal attraction phenomenon, the switch of infected mice’s and rat’s native fear of the smell of cats toward an attraction to this smell. The stimuli that activate fear-related circuits in healthy rodents start to also activate sex-related circuits in the infected animals. An analogy of the fatal attraction phenomenon has also been observed in infected humans. Therefore, we tried to test a hypothesis that sexual arousal by fear-, violence-, and danger-related stimuli occurs more frequently in Toxoplasma infected subjects. A cross-sectional cohort study performed on 36,564 subjects (5,087 Toxoplasma free and 741 Toxoplasma infected) showed that infected and noninfected subjects differ in their sexual behavior, fantasies, and preferences when age, health, and the size of the place where they spent childhood were controlled (F (24, 3719) ¼ 2.800, p < .0001). In agreement with our a priori hypothesis, infected subjects are more often aroused by their own fear, danger, and sexual submission although they practice more conventional sexual activities than Toxoplasma -free subjects. We suggest that the later changes can be related to a decrease in the personality trait of novelty seeking in infected subjects, which is potentially a side effect of increased concentration of dopamine in their brain. So if you have cats you are likely to have a parasite that causes deviant fantasies but you are more likely to engage in deviant sexual activities if you don't have the parasite. Is that what they seem to be saying to anyone else? It makes you sexually attracted to danger but decreases the desire to be sexually attracted to danger. Yeah. OK. Edited July 11, 2017 by Rhonda Huntress 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Innula Zenovka 3,539 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Talligurl 43,613 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 24 minutes ago, Rhonda Huntress said: a decrease in the personality trait of novelty seeking in infected subjects So like when he says "Honey I heard of this great new restaurant", and I want to say no before he even explains it to me, that is my kitties fault? Link to post Share on other sites
Rhonda Huntress 22,836 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 When the data does not fit with your theory, make up new data. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Amanda Crisp 2,689 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 4 hours ago, Ivanova Shostakovich said: Can anyone here who owns at least one cat honestly say that it isn't all about submission? I have friends who would insist that all human interaction is about the Power Exchange and Dominance or Submission. They worry too much :-) Link to post Share on other sites
Ivanova Shostakovich 4,631 Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 1 hour ago, AmandaKeen said: I have friends who would insist that all human interaction is about the Power Exchange and Dominance or Submission. They worry too much :-) Yeah! Who cares which one it is?! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Madelaine McMasters 25,953 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 5 hours ago, Ivanova Shostakovich said: Can anyone here who owns at least one cat honestly say that it isn't all about submission? I had a cat. It was more about capitulation until I learned to fight indifference with simulated prey movements. Then it was more about inciting violence. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Ivanova Shostakovich 4,631 Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 6 hours ago, CheriColette said: Im afraid it is submission, if you work for a cat, you are hooked. Sometimes quite literally. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ivanova Shostakovich 4,631 Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 27 minutes ago, Madelaine McMasters said: I had a cat. It was more about capitulation until I learned to fight indifference with simulated prey movements. Then it was more about inciting violence. I have a cat now who's still very young. The capitulation, or submission, right now is playing with her frequently, simulating prey movements flicking balls of paper across the room, so as to avoid having my legs sneak attacked in the dark. The cat I had before her lived to be 21 years old. At her end, the surrender was an emotional one. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Amanda Crisp 2,689 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 I love my striped orange kitty very much :-) Him attacking my ex on sight has nothing to do with that..... 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Amanda Crisp 2,689 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 57 minutes ago, Ivanova Shostakovich said: I have a cat now who's still very young. The capitulation, or submission, right now is playing with her frequently, simulating prey movements flicking balls of paper across the room, so as to avoid having my legs sneak attacked in the dark. The cat I had before her lived to be 21 years old. At her end, the surrender was an emotional one. When my longtime black-cat housemate finally passed, it took me a long time to even think about another. Reguardless of whether I was infected with some obscure cat-illness or just had a little fuzzy soulmate, I was very happy with Snowball. (My daughter named her). I grieved less over my divorce than over her finally heading to the Afterfields. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Callum Meriman 7,160 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 11 hours ago, Ivanova Shostakovich said: Can anyone here who owns at least one cat honestly say that it isn't all about submission? Owns a cat? Giggle. No, no, no. The cat has decided to allow you to look after it's needs. Like any good subby should. One is always blessed to allow them into our lives, and hearts. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Monti Messmer 273 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 4 cats and absolutely not into BDSM, not dom not sub. Long ago a friend asked me to try and be her dom but i couldn´t stop laugh saying nasty things, so i´m useless. Monti 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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