by Anne Alexander This “cougar” word is not my favorite contemporary expression, but we seem to be stuck with it. New word, old concept. There have always been older women-younger men pairings. At least one society has specialized in age-mixing, and I can’t even remember what part of the world these folks inhabit, but all [...]
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Okay, I’ll Say It: Cougar. Now can we get serious?
Posted in Bogosity, Love, Relationships, Older Women Younger Men, tagged sex, cougaring, cougar, age, tadpole, tadpoling, surveys, Ben Franklin, gratitude on December 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cougar Quotations
Posted in Bogosity, Love, Quotations, Relationships, Older Women Younger Men, tagged older women, younger men, Cynthia Heimel, Norman Spinrad, age on December 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The older man/younger woman dynamic reinforces patriarchal conventions; the older woman/younger man dynamic subverts them. Hugo Schwyzer It’s not exactly what you’d call a May-December romance. We’re more like summer and fall. His family would rather see him with some sweet young thing. But there is an important difference between me and the sweet young [...]
