The Case for Why "Cougars" Really Aren't or "Maybe But that's the Wrong Cat..."

The earliest known reference to "cougars" being anything but cats probably dates back to 1999 and a Canadian website where "women of a certain age" could meet younger men. Now most of the references I heard about "cougars" are derrogatory. "Cougar" is defined as a woman who frequently seeks companionshp with men that are significantly her junior. Most people use the ten years or more rule.

So let me point out some differences between cougars, as in the cat and cougars as in the women. The cat is predatory. It will lie in wait for a particular piece of prey. Please note that the term prey implies an implicit, preexisting imbalance of power. Cougars the cat are not discriminatory about their prey. Meat is meat. Women are very discriminatory about their men.

The "cat chick" would not be attracted to this type of hunter/prey dynamic. Despite what people suggest, women like their men strong. What attracts a woman to a man is, for the most part universal across age types. Women are attracted by confidence, looks, attitude and generally like to feel some type of connection with someone they have an interest in or feelings for. The cat has no such connection to its prey. If anything, the male object of a "Cat chick's" attention has a slight advantage, primarily due to the fact that they are the object of interest.

The reality is that cat prey has no such advantage. Most women, want a man that they can build with with, even if that building is limited to what can be erected in a single night while "asleep" in bed. Cougars, do not partner with their prey. Cat chicks are thrilled to partner with the objects of their interest.

The last and final thing I will say about "cat chicks" is that in one area they are much like cougars. They are fiercely protective of their partners, as many women are of their men. So, there you have it. Women that date younger men may be cats, but they really aren't cougars. Are you a cat person?