I HATE the term cougar.
First of all I have no clue how cougars, the animal, ever got wrapped up into the idea that an older, attractive woman, who dates younger men, is somehow related to a giant mountain cat.
Granted, there are some hot older ladies who could probably rip your face off and may subsist on a diet of raw meat (it’s the newest diet craze). However it really irritates me that a 40 year old woman, 5 years older than her than her beau is somehow equated to some predatory beast who uses her womanly wiles to scoop herself up a cub to play with.
The notion of it infuriates me. A man, 25 years older than his date, is just you know…the shit, and bound to get more than his fair share of high-fives. Whereas a woman, 10 years older than her beau is some sort of giant cat. I like older men, and will probably never become a “cougar” so this is purely an outsider's view on these relationships.
Courtney Cox is 7 years older than her husband. She now stars on a show where the original premise was that she is a cougar. So perhaps in her case it worked out quite well career wise. It does not however erase the fact that 7 years is not much of an age difference at all. Were she 20lbs heavier, not botox laden, and walking down the street in Florida, she would just be a regular 40something gal just stopping in to the Piggly Wiggly to pick up some coffee.
Demi Moore is 15 years older than Ashton Kutcher. While both of them annoy me for different reasons…he is a buffoon and she has made some sort of deal with the devil to stay hot forever…I dislike that she cannot just be a hot, washed up actress. In the media the story every time they are pictured together is, "look how hot and young he is, what an odd pair!" It is ridiculous, that it has never occurred to an editor to run with the story that they could be happy, regardless of their ages. Perhaps it just is not as salacious as a Jonas brother tossing his purity ring into the cleavage of a Houston area stripper.
Rarely do we see a coupling on the screen where there is an older woman and younger man without it being the entire story. It would have to be the subject of every scene and the publicity for this imagined film would need to highlight the quirky love affair these crazy kids have…loving an older woman…while she comes to terms with her crows feet (but still has of course the body of a 25 year old).
On the flip side, older men are routinely put with younger woman in movies. No questions asked…because of course a younger woman would love to be with an older, handsome, rugged man. She is lucky to have “snagged” herself such a catch (presumably she "snagged" him with her cougar like talons).
Liam Neeson’s character in Unknown has a young wife. In the movie his wife is played by January Jones. In real life, she is 25 years younger than him...to put that into perspective he had finished filming his first movie while she was in utero (I looked it up). My issue is not that he is older...as I’ve stated, I love me some older men...my issue is that we are supposed to accept that he should have a hot younger wife, no questions asked. An older woman with a man 10 years younger should count herself lucky that this young buck should want to be with her.
Example:
When Susan Sarandon was in Alfie with Jude Law she was 57. His character actually referred to Sarandon as a cougar. Their age difference became the issue of their relationship for their time together in the film. In fact, she uses her cougar skills to hunt an even younger "cub" - - Jude was 31 so 26 years of age difference....same as Jones and Neeson. Yet would they ever, no allusions, no plot surrounding it, make a movie where these two were an actual couple, married and the plot surround some other non age related aspect? NO
PLUS Susan Sarandon is a fucking fox, Law should be lucky to get her!
I guess my point is, I hate double standards, unless of course they somehow benefit me in some way.
Now to blow your mind....January Jones and Ashton Kutcher dated for years when both were models and he had just done Dude Where's My Car and he told her that she didn’t have what it takes to act. Snap!
When Susan Sarandon was in Alfie with Jude Law she was 57. His character actually referred to Sarandon as a cougar. Their age difference became the issue of their relationship for their time together in the film. In fact, she uses her cougar skills to hunt an even younger "cub" - - Jude was 31 so 26 years of age difference....same as Jones and Neeson. Yet would they ever, no allusions, no plot surrounding it, make a movie where these two were an actual couple, married and the plot surround some other non age related aspect? NO
PLUS Susan Sarandon is a fucking fox, Law should be lucky to get her!
I guess my point is, I hate double standards, unless of course they somehow benefit me in some way.
Now to blow your mind....January Jones and Ashton Kutcher dated for years when both were models and he had just done Dude Where's My Car and he told her that she didn’t have what it takes to act. Snap!
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