After all that Jazz about the revolution, it's still the girls against the boys.

Even setting aside the fact that he is referring to an article from shopzilla.com, I wonder why Tyler Cowan thinks it's so significant that:

In the study, women said they had a deeper emotional connection with their pets than men did. Nearly all women respondents (99%) reported that they frequently talked to their pets (vs. 95% of men) and an astonishing 93% of women think that their pets communicate with them (vs. 87% of men).

He even titled his post "Pets vs. Men -- pets win" when the story seems to me much more about how both men and women feels an astonishing amount of attachment to their pet animals. I mean, 99% vs 95% might not even be statistically significant, depending on the sample size. Sheesh.

(Yes, yes, I know. It's a frivolous example. But I am really tired of every single study being looked at from the sex difference angle. Or maybe I'm just overly defensive about being absurdly attached to my miniature schnauzer. )