Comments on: Do cougars have smarter kids? http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/03/21/do-cougars-have-smarter-kids/ In defense of the sanctimonious women's studies set. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:37:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jovan1984 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/03/21/do-cougars-have-smarter-kids/#comment-233021 Jovan1984 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:34:52 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=12366#comment-233021 I just turned 25 on Wednesday (March 18). I thought "cougars" are women who are 40 or older. I just turned 25 on Wednesday (March 18).

I thought “cougars” are women who are 40 or older.

]]> By: zooeyibz http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/03/21/do-cougars-have-smarter-kids/#comment-232851 zooeyibz Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:04:14 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=12366#comment-232851 Surely the logical pseudo-scientific conclusion would be that older women who are savvy enough to pick hot young partners (rather than settling for some lumpen patriarch their own age) are going to pass them street smarts on to their progeny? Surely the logical pseudo-scientific conclusion would be that older women who are savvy enough to pick hot young partners (rather than settling for some lumpen patriarch their own age) are going to pass them street smarts on to their progeny?

]]> By: bleh http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/03/21/do-cougars-have-smarter-kids/#comment-232841 bleh Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:30:03 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=12366#comment-232841 damn, I guess this means the youngster and I should up and breed some little'uns, since they'll be smart and all. damn, I guess this means the youngster and I should up and breed some little’uns, since they’ll be smart and all.

]]> By: nails http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/03/21/do-cougars-have-smarter-kids/#comment-232796 nails Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:27:18 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=12366#comment-232796 GEE maybe its because the more educated a woman is the longer she will wait to have children (on average). Its just not as fun for the media to come up with plausible sounding explanations when its not the 'sexy' answer. GEE maybe its because the more educated a woman is the longer she will wait to have children (on average). Its just not as fun for the media to come up with plausible sounding explanations when its not the ‘sexy’ answer.

]]> By: Bianca Reagan http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/03/21/do-cougars-have-smarter-kids/#comment-232767 Bianca Reagan Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:16:02 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=12366#comment-232767 Pseudo-science indeed. For a moment before I scrolled down to the picture, I thought this post would be about the actual animal. Like a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar" rel="nofollow">cougar</a>. Yeah, no. Pseudo-science indeed. For a moment before I scrolled down to the picture, I thought this post would be about the actual animal. Like a cougar. Yeah, no.

]]> By: The Opoponax http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/03/21/do-cougars-have-smarter-kids/#comment-232722 The Opoponax Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:35:49 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=12366#comment-232722 ... And they were no longer little girls, they were Little Cougars. … And they were no longer little girls, they were Little Cougars.

]]> By: DAS http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/03/21/do-cougars-have-smarter-kids/#comment-232716 DAS Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:47:34 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=12366#comment-232716 Actually, I'm married to a "cougar" and we have a really, really smart daughter (I'm a college professor, she's three and a half and sometimes she outsmarts me). I guess according to the pseudo-science crowd, this proves the case about cougar-motherhood? Um ... but ... our daughter is adopted. Her bio-mom's a teen mother. Anyway ... let me (I think I've kept count) third what The Opoponax said. Actually, I’m married to a “cougar” and we have a really, really smart daughter (I’m a college professor, she’s three and a half and sometimes she outsmarts me). I guess according to the pseudo-science crowd, this proves the case about cougar-motherhood?

Um … but … our daughter is adopted. Her bio-mom’s a teen mother.

Anyway … let me (I think I’ve kept count) third what The Opoponax said.

]]> By: RacyT http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/03/21/do-cougars-have-smarter-kids/#comment-232695 RacyT Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:15:58 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=12366#comment-232695 Helen... Ha. Girl... you're going to be a cougar soon... OH! You're my new favorite blogger fyi Helen… Ha. Girl… you’re going to be a cougar soon…
OH! You’re my new favorite blogger fyi

]]> By: RacyT http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/03/21/do-cougars-have-smarter-kids/#comment-232692 RacyT Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:23:27 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=12366#comment-232692 Helen... Ha. Girl... you're going to be a cougar soon... Helen… Ha. Girl… you’re going to be a cougar soon…

]]> By: Helen http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/03/21/do-cougars-have-smarter-kids/#comment-232681 Helen Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:06:12 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=12366#comment-232681 As the wonderful I, Asshole says, Not a Girl, Nor Yet a Cougar. As the wonderful I, Asshole says, Not a Girl, Nor Yet a Cougar.

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