The title was supposed to be for women over 40 who dates younger men, but quite frankly, a "cougar" can be any woman who dates a man who is much younger than she is. The connotation is that a more experienced "worldly woman" is taking advantage of a younger not so seasoned man. Meanwhile forty, fifty and sixty year olds who have been dating much younger women have no title and the women they date and marry are called "trophies", as if they were won in a battle or they're something that's a deserved reward. I get that women are trying to empower themselves by wrapping themselves in the cougar mantle(animal prints and all), but it's still an insult, as an older woman has to "prey" on an "innocent" and "conquer" him sexually in order to prove she is still sexually desirable and relevant. Why not just be a beautiful woman instead of being beautiful "for her age"? I'm a proud 39 year old woman, will be 40 in August, and think I'm as desirable and sexy as I was at 30, and even more then I was at 25. Our culture celebrates youth and forgets that the brain is the most sexual organ in a human, and as one ages, one learns.
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The title was supposed to be for women over 40 who dates younger men, but quite frankly, a "cougar" can be any woman who dates a man who is much younger than she is. The connotation is that a more experienced "worldly woman" is taking advantage of a younger not so seasoned man. Meanwhile forty, fifty and sixty year olds who have been dating much younger women have no title and the women they date and marry are called "trophies", as if they were won in a battle or they're something that's a deserved reward. I get that women are trying to empower themselves by wrapping themselves in the cougar mantle(animal prints and all), but it's still an insult, as an older woman has to "prey" on an "innocent" and "conquer" him sexually in order to prove she is still sexually desirable and relevant. Why not just be a beautiful woman instead of being beautiful "for her age"? I'm a proud 39 year old woman, will be 40 in August, and think I'm as desirable and sexy as I was at 30, and even more then I was at 25. Our culture celebrates youth and forgets that the brain is the most sexual organ in a human, and as one ages, one learns.
April 5, 2009 - 1:17pmThis Comment
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