Cougars go from crass to cool on TV
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Reuters posted this article today on the subject of cougars on television. It starts out positively enough.
Former “Friends” star Courteney Cox says she has no problem starring in a TV comedy called “Cougar Town”.
So does her endorsement make “cougar” — the popular term for sexually aggressive older women on the hunt for younger men — the new cool? American TV executives seem to think so.
After years of highlighting the charms of youthful sex kittens while sidelining older actresses, new TV shows like “Eastwick” and “The Good Wife” are showing that more than just one type of mature woman is at work — and play — in the world.
Hey guys, thanks for noticing we’re alive! I have to confess I haven’t watched those other shows yet, and I’m not crazy about “Cougar Town,” but at least somebody out there is noticing us gals over 40. I also find it heartening that Heather Locklear is returning to “Melrose Place” just as 20-something Ashlee Simpson was given the ax!
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Lately a lot of famous married men seem to be stepping out on their wives—and getting caught. The main reason they get caught is that the women they’re cheating with rat them out to the press. Who know why guys like Tiger Woods, Jesse James and David Boreanaz have steak at home, but insist on going out for dogburgers? But the motives of their consorts are pretty obvious—fame and money. The press insists on referring to these women as “mistresses.”
In days of old, a “mistress” was a woman who was “kept” by a married man, often a wealthy one. The “other woman” respected her man’s wife and family, and in return for being supported in style, she kept her mouth shut. The wife often knew about the mistress, but as long as she had the name, the house and the children, she also stayed quiet. Obviously, the new breed of “mistress” has little in common with her classier forerunners.
There are better terms to describe the strippers, nightclub hostesses, cocktail waitresses and porn stars who’ve mined their indiscretions for big bucks payoffs—like hooker, whore, skank and slut. I wish the media would stop honoring these calculating bimbos with the term “mistress” and call them what they really are.
“Mistress” or Whore?
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October 22, 2009 at 11:38 pm
It seems like women over 40 are the hottest thing around. I have another 7 yrs to go but I hope I can look as good as some of these 40 yr old cougars.