Girl Cat vs. Boy Cat Debate / POV: You Have A Girl Cat

About

Girl Cat vs. Boy Cat Debate refers to a TikTok trend in which people commented about the behavioral differences between a female cat (girl cat) and a male cat (boy cat). The trend was popularized in early December 2023, as users started to slander girl cats as aggressive and sassy, which inspired the wholesome trend POV: You Have A Girl Cat where users posted videos showcasing affectionate female cats.

Origin

Although the exact date on which the trend started is unclear, one of the earliest mentions of "girl cat" content was posted on September 9th, 2023 by TikTok^[1] user @miranmurph, who added the overlay text "POV: you have a girl cat" in a video showing her female cat not wanting to be pet (shown below, left). The post amassed roughly 189,000 plays and 9,000 likes in four months. The first viral video of the trend, however, was posted by TikTok^[2] user @giselle.silveira on December 4th, 2023, in which she used the overlay text "POV: you have a boy cat" to showcase how affectionate he is. The post (shown below, right) amassed over 4.7 million plays and 1.2 million likes in two weeks.

Spread

TikToker @giselle.silveira's "boy cat" post inspired other users to share wholesome videos and pictures of their pets being affectionate and cute. For example, on December 11th, 2023, TikTok^[3] user @somethinglikethat6 posted a "POV: you have a boy cat" video (shown below, left), which received more than 31 million plays and 6 million likes in a week. On December 10th, 2023, TikTok^[4] posted a video with an overlay text commenting on her opinion on the boy cat girl cat debate, saying "even cats can't escape sexism," as she was noticing more content with male cats resembling "boy mom treatment" behavior. The video (shown below, right) amassed more than 1 million plays and 296,000 likes in a week.

To counter the slander that female cats are more aggressive, people started to share "girl cat" videos on TikTok. For example, on December 14th, 2023, TikTok^[5] user @toridipaolo posted a video with the overlay text "Me and my girl cat watching you weirdos be sexist towards cats for no reason." Her post (shown below, left) amassed roughly 351,000 plays and 103,000 likes in a week. On December 13th, 2023, TikTok^[6] user @shishakabob posted a cute video of her girl cat (shown below, right), which received more than 1.7 million plays and 519,000 likes in a week.

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