cougar

What is the cougar definition? Is there a 'real cougar' definition? What is the criteria for a cougar? In Wikipedia the term "Cougar" is considered slang for age disparity in sexual relationships. According to Wikipedia a "Cougar" is "A women, 35 years of age or older, who pursues younger men typically more than eight years her junior." Wikipedia's reference comes from UrbanDictionary.com. The origin of the word is debated it is rumored to have first started as a Canadian catch phrase given to certain older women. These women tended to gravitate and mingle with younger men. Apparently a group of guys labeled these particular women 'Cougars' and the rest is history. Originally the term was signified and associated with older women who perused young men for casual relations. However, si...

I used to hate the term "Cougar" for all the obvious reasons. First, it evoked images of Mrs. Robinson in a girdle and garters, smoke billowing around her alcoholic head as she seduced a vulnerable (but willing) Benjamin. Flash forward to leopard clad women over 40 showing way too much cleavage, voguing in 4 inch stilettos, hanging out at bars, guzzling wine and dragging home young prey. Every time the media interviewed me, I cringed, knowing the obvious questions would be asked: "Isn't this just about sex?" "Isn't this just about money?" I endeavored to explain to them that in my 20 years of research as a human behavior research psychologist and world's foremost authority on cross generational dating and psychosexual imprinting (translation: Cougar and Cub dating) that they had it all wro...

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