Female Cats

At our house, since Kate left us, there is one female cat. That is Kasey. It turns out that girl cats are the ones who have the kittens, so they are kind of the boss of cats. Kasey and I are both fixed, which means neither of us can be a parent-cat. When we are running around outside, the only thing that matters is who gets the food and who has a home to go to. Other than that, all the rest is about kittens. Since that isn't an issue here, we are exactly the same about our importance in the world.  She says that is not true in other places, and because She was gone a long time working on that, She had a lot of explaining to do.  She learned that there are places where female humans like Her are treated very badly. She told us that men regularly beat their wives and that little girls have cuts in their private parts to make them behave. I am sure glad they don't do that here. Sure, Kasey and I had operations, but it was after we grew up, and they put us to sleep before they did any cutting. Women in these far-away places need help to get out of that problem, and to get some rights. If He tried to be mean to Her, I would feel sorry for Him. That is because She has some power. These other ladies don't. She is ready to find out how to help, which was why She was gone so long today. A lot of the trouble, She says, is caused by not having education for the girl humans. You can guess that She would be interested in that.  There were a lot of good things to eat at this meeting, so I don't hold out high hopes for our dinner tonight. Oh, well. I am still glad to live here where I am a lucky cat. And Kasey is a lucky female cat, even if she does act kind of snippy. I hope She is not looking at the news. It is still kind of sad. Tomorrow will be better. Bye.