what kind of people gets into catgirls?

I don't understand why catgirls are so popular<br><br>The 4chan types, weebs, and nerds sure but the biggest demographic that's into catgirls are the normies for some reason, many normies I've seen irl enjoy watching catgirl anime like spice and wolf and they get really excited when someone brings up the topic of catgirls, it's extremely common among them and I'm sure most people know a normie in irl who's into catgirls<br><br>what is it about normies that makes them so drawn to catgirls? I don't see normies being into any other anime or manga so why do they obsess over catgirls?