This outfit is not typical of the general population. It has been my own experience that men prefer dogs, and women prefer cats. Of course there are exceptions, but let's discuss the general rule here.
I believe that men, in general,dislike cats because you can't order them around. No matter what you do to a dog, it will forgive and grovel at your feet. Cats, grovel? no way.

I prefer dogs, but I have been owned by a cat, and when it got creamed by a car and I had to bury it, I felt bad, and I continue to miss him after 20 years. I was attached to him because he was a pugnacious little bastard with a great sense of humor. Come to think of it, many of my human friends are like that.