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NEWS ABOUT: cougar

cougar stories: 10 news summaries

(Newser) - Researchers have discovered the secret of a happy marriage—at least for the husband: a younger, smarter wife. Such marriages are likely to last, particularly when neither spouse has been previously divorced. Marriages involving women at least five years younger than a husband and with a higher educational level fared... More »

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divorce • marriage • wedding • husband • wife • cougar

OPINION

 Enough With This Cougar Thing 

Who wants to date a Twitter-using, pizza-obsessed 20something anyway?

Oct 19, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The cougar phenomenon is spreading—in the UK, one 39-year-old woman runs a camp teaching aspiring cougars how to attract younger men. “Who cares, you may cry. Women should be fighting back over an ageist, youth-obsessed society,” writes Helen Croydon in the Independent. True as that may... More »

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dating • cougar • women's issues • trends

 Candace Bushnell 
 Is Not a Cougar 

Term is derogatory, she argues

Aug 24, 09 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sex and the City scribe Candace Bushnell may be a glamorous 50-year-old married to a man 10 years her junior—but don’t call her a cougar, the New York Daily News reports. “How come every time women manage to break out of traditional roles, someone comes along... More »

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entertainment • sexism • Sex and the City • celebrity • Candace Bushnell • cougar

OPINION

 Cougars Drool Over Lambert 


Jun 11, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Cougar-aged” women across the continent tuned into American Idol for the first time this season, Joan Raymond writes for Newsweek, after acquiring an obsession with its oh-so-sexy and oh-so-gay eventual runner-up, Adam Lambert. “We became Glamberts,” Raymond writes. “When we got together, we no longer talked... More »

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American Idol • cougar • sex symbol • Adam Lambert • gay

tv review

 The Cougar Must Be Put Down 


Apr 15, 09 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rebecca Traister is fed up with the concept of the “cougar,” she writes for Salon. She doesn’t “hate the solitary wildcat who feasts on deer,” or “women who have sex with younger men. What I hate is the never-ending cutesy-pie conflation of the two.... More »

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reality TV • sex • midlife crisis • Demi Moore • older women • cougar • female sexuality • The Cougar • younger men

COMMENTARY

 'Cougar' Trend a Myth 

Turns out most men still want younger women

Mar 25, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The idea that a legion of young Ashtons are out there prowling for older women is—sorry, ladies—a myth, writes Meredith Goldstein in the Boston Globe. The dating industry is awash with tales of “cougar” events canceled due to low interest among younger men, and industry experts confirm... More »

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age • dating • relationship • Ashton Kutcher • Demi Moore • cougar • Howard Stern Grid

GLOSSIES

Do Cougars Really Spawn
a Brighter Brood?


Mar 16, 09 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - "At last, science has produced the case for cougars," writes Emily Nussbaum in New York. A study analyzing more than 50,000 pregnant women found that older fathers produce progeny that score lower on concentration, memory, and learning tests. Older mothers, on the other hand, are associated with... More »

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genetics • reproduction • science • birth • scientific study • cougar

 Barkin May 
 Get Revenge 
 on Ex Via 
 New Show 

Actress creates series based on her life and divorce

Jan 30, 09 4:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Ellen Barkin is producing and starring in an HBO pilot about a hot woman in her 50s "famous for her high-profile marriage, who divorces, and re-enters the singles market," the New York Post reports. Sound familiar? In 2006, Barkin's husband, billionaire Ron Perelman, surprised her with divorce papers... More »

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New York City • HBO • TV shows • Ellen Barkin • Ron Perelman • cougar

Cougar's Long Trek to Chicago May Tell Tale

Cat likely from SD may yield clues about human overpopulation

May 1, 08 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - A cougar shot April 14 in Chicago was spotted earlier in Wisconsin, DNA tests show, suggesting an epic trek. Now, scientists are eager to study the animal, hoping to learn more about how and why it migrated; they aim to pin down its ancestry in an effort to better understand... More »

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Wisconsin • Chicago • science • migration • South Dakota • biology • overpopulation • human population • cougar


 Cougar
 Killed on
 Chicago
 Street 

Cops kill cougar after weekend-long hunt

Apr 15, 08 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The first cougar spotted in Chicago since the city's 19th-century founding ran loose around the Windy City over the weekend only to be shot dead last night in a North Side neighborhood by police officers who feared it was going to attack them, the Chicago Tribune reports. As the police... More »

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Chicago • police • animal • cougar

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