Lysistrata has a great scene where the title role is trying to talk her three friends into withholding sex as a way to convince the men to stop their war.  You'll have to pick and choose through translations, but their are several good ones out there, some funnier than others.

As a woman, I don't find it offensive, I think it's a rather cleaver title.  Cats fight dirty, and so do us women and I happen to like felines and admire many of their characteristics such as their grace, their aloofness, and the way they always seem to know exactly what is going on.  When you look at the actual qualities of a cat, why would any woman find it demeaning?