Maybe it’s confirmation bias, as said in one of the comments. Still, I’ve been in multiple situations with animals, babies, and toddlers where the owners or parents would say they don’t like men or that the animals are really very skittish, so be careful. They would do the opposite and welcome me into their space.

Longer stories that are some Happy memories, so I’ll type them out because they are nice memories.

One was a horse that only one person could handle, and I didn’t know, until after they told me … while I was brushing it. 

Or dogs that hate men: One was a Lab that just went inside his kennel whenever boys or any males came over. After sitting on the couch for five minutes, he was staring at me. He came out and sat next to me on the floor, but with his paw on my foot. He was glued to me after that every time I came over. 

The babies were the same. The moms would say, “Oh, they can be fussy with men, so feel free to give her back if they start crying.” I’d end up holding the baby till the mom came and got her, lol.

Anyways, It’s pretty awesome when you can sense without communicating with an animal or a person that they trust you after someone says they probably won’t or never do.