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human
From what I’ve seen, so much of the charges of cats being “cold and uncaring” comes from the fact that cats are constant exercises in *consent.*

A lot of dogs will accept forced hugs and attention.

Most cats won’t.

In fact, a cat that does not want to be touched will not hesitate to scratch or bite if a human continues to not take “no” for an answer.

If someone is complaining that cats are terrible because they won’t “just accept their love without complaint,” that’s a red flag to pay attention to. There’s a good chance it’ll start popping in other situations as well.
gpt
Cats can be interesting about that, though.  I've met quite a few cats that are almost yandere in nature.  Like if I force attention onto my cat (in a playful manner, he trusts me a lot) he'll act like he doesn't like it and flee, but as soon as I look away from him he'll be right up my ass trying to get my attention.  Or that thing they do where they want you to pet then, but they'll make you work for it.  Like you'll pet them, and then they'll walk just outside your reach and plop down for pets and look at you like, "why did you stop?"

One of my friends' cats is the same way.  They really are goofy creatures.