Surprising Truths About Real-Life ‘Cougars’
(https://psmag.com/social-justice/surprising-truths-about-real-life-cougars/ ) "Thanks to their vivid depiction on television and in the movies (think Kim Cattrall and Courtney Cox) most of us have a very specific image of the “cougar”—the middle-aged woman who takes a younger lover. White, affluent, and more interested in a fling than a serious relationship, the fictional representations of such women “have been able to surgically turn back time with their looks,” write McGill University sociologists Milaine Alarie and Jason Carmichael , “or literally buy young men’s attention.” Given that well-traveled stereotype, it’s no wonder the term “cougar” has taken on generally negative connotations. But newly published research reports that—shockingly—real life has little in common with Sex and the City." (https://psmag.com/social-justice/surprising-truths-about-real-life-cougars/) "Sexual relationships between middle-aged women and younger men, while...