Young men beware, "cougar women" on the prowl

It's never been a problem for older men to have a young woman hanging off their arm, but when
it's the other way round, then toy boys have long been best kept a secret. Until now... "Cougar
women" in the US are coming out of the dark and flaunting their younger boyfriends. he only
problem is, everybody's laughing at them.
! cougar is a solitary mountain cat which preys on pretty much anything that moves. "ot a very
kind depiction of older women who date younger men then. he term emerged in "orth !merica
around ten years ago, and for want of another name, has risen to prominence mainly due to
necessity # the number of women married to men younger than them has doubled since 1960,
and a third of non#married females aged $%& date younger men, according to research by over
50s lifestyle organisation AA!. he concept has been brought to the attention of the media by
celebrity e'amples( the most famous being $)#year#old film star *emi +oore and her husband of
four years, ,-#year#old actor !shton .utcher.
! poll published on /ctober -0 by Avalanche ""#, owner of various ma1or US dating sites,
found that for 234 of women, the appeal of "snagging" a younger man made them feel "that they
still had it", and only ,.24 cared about being "stigmati5ed as a cougar or cradle robber". 6or the
men, almost 3%4 said that they were interested in dating an older woman. 7ighty#five percent of
those said it was because "they have a lot of money and can take care of me", and 804 of the
interviewees labelled older women "desperate and easier".
+eanwhile, 9 network !:C has 1ust released a series devoted to the species, which depicts
them as desperate, lonely, and # in comparison with their male counterparts, or "silver fo'es" #
largely unsuccessful.
$%he last thing we&re doing is s'ul'ing in bars, loo'ing to go home with a young guy for a
one night stand(
6ormer ;all Street banker and self#made "Cougar advisor", )%#year#old <inda 6ranklin runs the
blog "%he eal #ougar )oman".
=he survey >published by !valanche? was abysmal. hey didn't actually give any details about
the people they interviewed. @erhaps it was a bunch of -3#year#olds, and then of course that's
what they're going to say. I have many cougar friends who are happy in serious, long
relationships with younger men. he cougar thing is not going to go away soon, absolutely no
way. :ut this survey sets us back 0A years and Cougar own makes us look ridiculous. here are
also so#called cougars who are doing this by themselves. I did not like the sound of the +iss
Cougar !merica for e'ample. It was 1ust women putting themselves on the meat market. It was
held in Silicon 9alley because there are a lot of young brainiacs there who were more than happy
to go. 7nd resultB a lot of drinking and a lot of bedding down.C