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Old 08-12-2018, 02:35 PM
 
Location: SE corner of the Ozark Redoubt
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Ok laugh but I've wondered if Cougar is a derogatory term.
Among me and my friends (many of who are cougars, or are married to women older than themselves, it is simply a descriptive term, for a woman in a relationship with a younger man.
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Old 08-12-2018, 02:46 PM
 
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Among me and my friends (many of who are cougars, or are married to women older than themselves, it is simply a descriptive term, for a woman in a relationship with a younger man.
When I think of cougar, I think of Mrs. Robinson from The Graduate.
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Old 08-12-2018, 04:31 PM
 
Location: Middle of the valley
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Among me and my friends (many of who are cougars, or are married to women older than themselves, it is simply a descriptive term, for a woman in a relationship with a younger man.
It's a woman who hunts for younger men, just being with a younger man doesn't make you a cougar.
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Old 08-12-2018, 07:36 PM
 
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It's a woman who hunts for younger men, just being with a younger man doesn't make you a cougar.
The word does have more than a whiff of “predatory” attached to it, so I agree.
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Old 08-12-2018, 10:18 PM
 
Location: Somewhere
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Oh Don. I used to like you..... LOL.

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Me too!! Especially since he had a soft spot for kitties! Well at least he is honest :-)
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Old 08-12-2018, 10:38 PM
 
Location: Somewhere
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So for the men that said they don't find older women attractive....

The woman pictured as #6 (Long Braided Hair for Older Women) on the link below...... is she someone you could not even imagine dating because she is "in society's eyes" considered old?

I seriously have a woman crush on her and I am a straight woman. I find her very attractive! She exudes confidence, warmth, genuineness, strength and poise! Yes, she has gray hair and wrinkles that reflect a lifetime of emotions. But it is all of the above that make her so attractive!

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Old 08-12-2018, 11:29 PM
 
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The woman pictured as #6 (Long Braided Hair for Older Women) on the link below...... is she someone you could not even imagine dating because she is "in society's eyes" considered old?
Oh good grief, here we go again on long vs short hair. Curiously, women are more obsessed with that than men.
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Old 08-12-2018, 11:45 PM
 
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Oh good grief, here we go again on long vs short hair. Curiously, women are more obsessed with that than men.
If that is all you took away from my post then I think you are suffering from some sort of "complex".

It was a picture of an older women who appears to be in the age range that many men said they did not find attractive at all. My question to "them" was if they found her attractive and if they would possibly date her if they were single. So if all you noticed was hair (just because that is the link it was on)....then you my dear have issues!
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Old 08-13-2018, 12:30 AM
 
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If that is all you took away from my post then I think you are suffering from some sort of "complex".
Mea culpa, and thanks, I think.
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Old 08-13-2018, 12:59 AM
 
Location: A State of Mind
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But it has existed and still does but companies will not spend money promoting products that people won't buy. Razors, deodorants, hair coloring products still exist and there is an occasional advertising campaign but the days of Brylcream, Vitalis and Canoe have come and gone. There has not been the same level of advertising because men don't spend anywhere near what women do on products to make them what they are not.

These things have been in the faces of men for decades, but you're right - men don't listen to advertisers telling them what they need, they decide for themselves.
Haha...well, you don't get it. As I said, it's the other way around. The advertising came first and items sell due to the nature of how they have been marketed, presented in such a way to portray a product will make one appear more acceptable instead of as is, affecting self-esteem. Just to mention, which appears you have not realized, that there are not many products for males, only generic items for general grooming as women use besides, compared to the several aisles in stores having countless items for women to make them feel appealing enough.

The point is, it is the way the stuff has been marketed, implying that a female is not enough without enhancement. This has existed for years and is proven to have now affected young girls adversely, where when having researched young boys about how they feel about themselves in comparison, it is unequal due to the effects of this. No wonder males are never impacted by having it implied they are "not good enough". That's why conversely, as others mentioned here, that men may not make an effort to present themselves more attractively, feeling secure enough "as is", even if slovenly, etc.

Look, I didn't make this up, it is what has occurred. Just another form of inequality, but is not hew.

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/...guiding-report
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