| According to the Wikipedia a cougar is "a capable | | | | odds are they do not apply to the majority of single |
| stalk-and-ambush predator, the cougar pursues a | | | | older women. |
| wide variety of prey." According to our pop culture | | | | What the term cougar also infers is that the young |
| definition a cougar is an attractive woman usually | | | | men they are pursuing are innocent victims blind to |
| about 40 or older who preys on young men. | | | | the ways of these modern day vamps. |
| Whether some women reject that label or wear it | | | | In a word? No. It may come as a shock to some |
| like a badge of honor is irrelevant. The point in | | | | people but many young men go into these |
| essence is they are the hunter looking for the | | | | relationships with their eyes wide open. They see an |
| hunted. That's all well and good but only if it applies | | | | older woman who by any definition is attractive. Most |
| to older men dating younger women. The answer is | | | | men but in this case young men know that a woman |
| it does not. Nobody calls that type of relationship | | | | does not necessarily stop being attractive because |
| (which by the way is way more common) tiger | | | | she has reached the unspeakable age of forty. Due |
| dating. | | | | to new innovation and changes in lifestyle, many are |
| Instead the stigma falls squarely on older women. No | | | | taking better care of themselves. Feel better look |
| surprise since far too many women today still face | | | | better and vice versa. |
| the exact same double standards that women have | | | | But modernism notwithstanding it's all takes a back |
| always had to deal with. | | | | seat when it comes to the attraction factor and both |
| Added to the mix is the fashionable pop analysis as | | | | parties deciding on what kind of relationship they |
| to why these women are pursuing this type of | | | | desire; which come to think of it has always been |
| relationship. From capturing some faded glory ala | | | | the case long before the term cougar came along. |
| Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard to a change in | | | | A beautiful woman is just that regardless of age. The |
| social conditions; namely being in more positions of | | | | overwhelming majority of younger men know this. |
| power and now suddenly having a desire to flex that | | | | It's tough to be considered the hunted when you are |
| authority. Some of these reasons may be valid but | | | | doing just about everything possible to get caught. |