| Women have made significant strides in eliminating | | | | pounce on any unsuspecting prey and moving on. |
| the barriers and double standards that were so | | | | Also understand that term does not apply to both |
| commonplace a generation ago. It doesn't mean we | | | | parties. Specifically it is the older woman seen as the |
| as a society have reached the equal opportunity | | | | predator. |
| plateau but things are changing. | | | | Yes some sophisticated older women may be |
| Yet the double standard in some areas not only | | | | interested in nothing more than a one night stand or |
| exists but remains entrenched. A perfect example is | | | | a May - December romance. But as you have already |
| in the older woman younger man relationship. | | | | figured out that is also the way it is with many older |
| When the shoe is on the other foot; namely an older | | | | men and yet no one calls that type of relationship lion |
| man young woman, it seems the perspective | | | | dating. |
| changes significantly. After all it's been around and | | | | Whether certain well to do unattached older women |
| accepted longer than most of us can remember. An | | | | made up the name for themselves is irrelevant. The |
| older man gets a pat on the back while listening to an | | | | point is society has decided to latch on to the |
| overwhelming majority of people sing his praises. He's | | | | phraseology and paint this kind of relationship as |
| still got it is a common refrain. | | | | something other than what it is. |
| Not so for the older woman. It's all too often | | | | People are people and no matter what the age range |
| considered indecent or shameful that she would even | | | | and or difference there are different motivations and |
| think about dating someone outside of her age group. | | | | desires at work when it comes to a relationship. |
| Never mind the fact that both parties are two | | | | For the majority of older women younger men it is |
| consenting adults that just happen to find each other | | | | about two individuals. Nothing more, nothing less. Like |
| attractive while enjoying their time together. | | | | any dating relationship, there is attraction a certain |
| Currently there is a new terminology for older | | | | amount of compatibility and a willingness to see if |
| woman younger man dating called cougar dating. The | | | | there is something to build on. The fact that an older |
| implication is fun and intimacy without any serious | | | | woman is singled out and labeled for being in this kind |
| commitment and for many adults that's okay. | | | | of a relationship tells you as a society we still have a |
| But in essence cougar means on the prowl ready to | | | | long way to go when it comes to female equality. |