Graduation Semester and Year
2021
Language
English
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Sociology
Department
Sociology and Anthropology
First Advisor
Robert Young
Second Advisor
Kelly Bergstrand
Abstract
A qualitative study of the differences in how we gender our cats and our dogs. Fifty women between the ages of 18 and 50 were interviewed, who kept cats, dogs, or both cats and dogs. Differences were found in how naming cats, with cats being given less humanized gendered names. It was found that cats are treated more as an extension of the self while dogs were given more of a gendered identity of their own.
Keywords
Gender, Companion animal, Qualitative research
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences | Sociology
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Wellman, Jennifer Ann, "Is It a Boy or a Girl? Constructing a Gendered Identity for our Companion Animals" (2021). Sociology & Anthropology Theses. 26.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/sociologyanthropology_theses/26
Comments
Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington