Men are mad online about that ‘Cat Person’ short story

In a thoroughly unsurprising twist, men are mad online about a New Yorker short story in which the male character is revealed to be an asshole. 

The story is question is Kristen Roupenian’s short story “Cat Person” from Monday’s magazine issue. It tells the story of a brief and unsettling fling between a young female college student and a 34-year-old man, and it struck a chord for many, many women. 

But while women readers often felt an eerie connection to Roupenian’s 20-year-old protagonist, some male readers have, as expected, missed the point. Read more…

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