Why do elementary schools and children's educational tv and such, at least in the US, always seem to use "cat" vs "dog" as an example of opposites?

Or is that some kind of false memory?
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cishet gender bullshit 

@Felthry it think it has something to do with them implying that cats and dogs have something to do with the gender binary. i don't ever remember it being explicitly said, but i do remember this unspoken concept existing

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re: cishet gender bullshit 

@xenon that's something we've heard from a number of people, but never noticed ourselves
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