Due to the vivid portrayal on tv along with the movies (imagine Kim Cattrall and Courtney Cox) most of us have a highly particular picture of the brand new “cougar”-the center-aged lady whom takes a younger partner.

Light, rich, and finding an affair than just a serious relationships, the imaginary representations of such people “have been capable surgically reverse go out due to their appears,” establish McGill College sociologists Milaine Alarie and you can Jason Carmichael, “or practically buy young men’s room notice.”