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5 Reasons Being A Cougar Rocks

5 Reasons Being A Cougar Rocks

Woman make the case for living the cougar lifestyle.

From celebrity relationships (Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry) to television (Lipstick Jungle, The Old Adventures of New Christine and ABC's Cougar Town set to air in 2009) it's clear that the older-woman-dating-down double standard has undergone a major shift. The term "cougar" even surfaced in a T-Mobile commercial. In the following five reasons, you'll learn from women loving the lifestyle why you should embark on your own May-December (or just September) romance. But do yourself a favor and stick to guys over 21 unless you want to be buying all of the booze.