Family: Felinae Maturis

Common Name: Cougar

While cougars come in many forms, each belongs to the Felinae Maturis family. Members of the family are defined by urbancougar.com thusly:

A cougar is a sophisticated, sexy older woman who generally prefers the company of a younger man. She has acknowledged her true self, embraced her sexual identity, and now lives her life to its fullest. Always one for adventure, she knows what she wants and isn't afraid to get it.




While each cougar is unique in her own way, members of the Felinae Maturis family carry certain traits that distinguish them from other women. These characteristics include:

Confidence
Cougars are, at their core, confident, independent women. Their self-confidence manifests itself in great personal pride – in their sense of self, their ambition and their appearance – that makes them undeniably sexy and desirable. It too results in a more liberal-minded worldview. They challenge traditional societal double standards that have too long celebrated older men taking young partners, but chastised older women for doing the same.

Sexual Power
Most cougars find themselves in the primes of their lives sexually.  They carry themselves with grace and exude sexual power. Men, especially young men, are drawn to them because they wear their experience with pride and embody a sophisticated sexuality nearly impossible to resist.

Financial Independence
Cougars, while not necessarily abundantly wealthy, are typically secure financially. Nearly all are career-oriented professional women. In relationships they are less motivated by finding a mate who can provide financial security than in taking one who can satisfy their personal needs and desires, add a sense of fun and adventure to their lives, and give them pleasure.


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