One woman's catnip is another's creativity. To chat is to talk small. Independent women choose between being stray cats or kittens on satin pillows. If you whistle, a dog runs to you, but you build your scene around a cat's cravings. An ugly woman may be called a 'dog', but to be called a 'cat' means she's selfishly vain.
Cats use quiet manipulation and maneuvering to get power, but dogs use anger and loud noise.
A woman walks on cat's paws in high heels. There's no where else to leap to except the invisible glass ceiling. She has to see in the dark to see through a glass darkly.