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"In a recent interview, Kim Cattrall (Samantha from Sex in the City for those not in the know) revealed she had refused to pose with a cougar on a magazine for women over 40 and consequently had the cover taken away. &amp;quot;I think that cougar has a negative connotation and I don&amp;#039;t see anything negative about sexuality and sensuality and choice,&amp;quot; Cattrall said. &amp;quot;And I think that&amp;#039;s something that people who are afraid of a strong woman have labeled [Samantha].&amp;quot; At first, I thought the term cougar was mildly amusing. But similar to when a child repeats a joke over and over until it loses all its charm, the term &amp;quot;cougar&amp;quot; has soured. Labeling women past a certain age as sexual predators because they have an active sex life is basically telling women that unless you are young sex objects, you don&amp;#039;t have a right to sex. I am 28 years old, and I&amp;#039;m already feeling the pressure. Not that I am old, but that I&amp;#039;m getting there or that I don&amp;#039;t have much more time before I will become obsolete. I&amp;#039;m &amp;quot;no spring chicken anymore,&amp;quot; I&amp;#039;ve been told.  But I am so tired of it. Women are constantly being typecast and pressured into choosing one box\u2014mother, wife, cougar, sex kitten, spinster\u2014and not only is it ridiculously unfair, but it&amp;#039;s wrong. A book was recently released called &amp;quot;My Formerly Hot Life: Dispatches from Just the Other Side of Young,&amp;quot; written by 43-year-old Stephanie Dolgoff in which talks about how rich her life has become. I haven&amp;#039;t read the book, but when I read a blog of hers I thought &amp;quot;thank you!&amp;quot; Finally someone telling me it gets better, not lamenting her wrinkles.  I think women in their 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond are gorgeous, and they&amp;#039;ve got it together. They aren&amp;#039;t clueless like my friends and I. They are confident, secure and powerful. They have families, children, jobs, passions and financial security. All the things I hope to have one day, too! I know I digress. But all I&amp;#039;m saying is &amp;quot;Right on, Kim Cattrall.&amp;quot; Because if society has such a problem with a mature, sexually confident woman, then that means society is only comfortable with women as young, passive, sexual objects and I find that to be equally offensive. So in honor of Kim Cattrall, read on for &amp;quot;3 Sites for \u2026Online Dating Over 40,&amp;quot; and if you are married, check out &amp;quot;How to Have a Sex Life\u2014and Kids.&amp;quot; - Alexandra Gekas, Associate Editor "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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