Snipe
01-19-2012, 10:39 PM
Link (http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2012/01/19/utah-school-board-says-cougar-mascot-too-offensive-to-women/)
DRAPER, Utah (CBS Las Vegas) – One Utah school district believes a cougar mascot would be insensitive to women.
The Canyons School District overrode the students top choice of a cougar mascot for their high school that is to be completed in 2013.
Would-be Corner Canyon High School students chose the Cougars as their mascot — a name principal Mary Bailey said carries an ugly connotation that is disrespectful to women.
In popular culture, the cougar is a sexually aggressive middle-aged woman who attracts younger men.
The school board, which consists of six men and one woman, thought the Charger would be more appropriate, which was on the ballot but failed to appeal to students as the cougar had.
Cougars — the large mountain cats — are popular in Utah. Brigham Young University, considered conservative, uses the cougar for its mascot.
Bailey said Corner Canyon’s close proximity to BYU was another reason to use the Charger.
She said the cougar was popular enough, while the charger gave the school an opportunity to have a unique mascot in Utah.
Wow what is next?
And who is this offensive to? They do the job of defining the word for us, and in the same way they have now made sure all of their students know it too. A cougar is an older woman that is sexually attractive to younger men. Is this offensive to women that consider themselves Cougars? Or is it insensitive to women that don't like those women? I am not even sure who is supposed to be offended.
Women, if someone called you a Cougar would that be offensive? I can't imagine that men would be insulted if when they were older that young women still found them attractive. The horror!
Cougar is a real word, and a real animal. It is a popular animal. This is crazy. And cougar for women is better than MILF, when you get down to the explicit F in MILF. Back a generation they might have called an older hottie "Mrs. Robinson". I think that young men are always going to have some nomenclature for attractive older women, as long as we have attractive older women.
Being a white Christian male, I am technically not allowed victim status. It doesn't count if I am offended at anything, unless I am teaming up with some other group that already possesses the prefered victim status card and agreeing with them.
I would like some Animinal rights activist (white people can do that) to step up and complain for the Cougars. This is discrimination. I would also like a hot older woman to come forward and speak up for the hot momas of America.
So what is next after this? Maybe the Chicago Bears are offending the homosexual community, along with the Queen of England. Bears and Queens, can't have that.
I shouldn't even bring up the Beavers. Can't see how that can go through today. Maybe those kids should vote for Beavers next just to piss the school board off.
Any ideas?
DRAPER, Utah (CBS Las Vegas) – One Utah school district believes a cougar mascot would be insensitive to women.
The Canyons School District overrode the students top choice of a cougar mascot for their high school that is to be completed in 2013.
Would-be Corner Canyon High School students chose the Cougars as their mascot — a name principal Mary Bailey said carries an ugly connotation that is disrespectful to women.
In popular culture, the cougar is a sexually aggressive middle-aged woman who attracts younger men.
The school board, which consists of six men and one woman, thought the Charger would be more appropriate, which was on the ballot but failed to appeal to students as the cougar had.
Cougars — the large mountain cats — are popular in Utah. Brigham Young University, considered conservative, uses the cougar for its mascot.
Bailey said Corner Canyon’s close proximity to BYU was another reason to use the Charger.
She said the cougar was popular enough, while the charger gave the school an opportunity to have a unique mascot in Utah.
Wow what is next?
And who is this offensive to? They do the job of defining the word for us, and in the same way they have now made sure all of their students know it too. A cougar is an older woman that is sexually attractive to younger men. Is this offensive to women that consider themselves Cougars? Or is it insensitive to women that don't like those women? I am not even sure who is supposed to be offended.
Women, if someone called you a Cougar would that be offensive? I can't imagine that men would be insulted if when they were older that young women still found them attractive. The horror!
Cougar is a real word, and a real animal. It is a popular animal. This is crazy. And cougar for women is better than MILF, when you get down to the explicit F in MILF. Back a generation they might have called an older hottie "Mrs. Robinson". I think that young men are always going to have some nomenclature for attractive older women, as long as we have attractive older women.
Being a white Christian male, I am technically not allowed victim status. It doesn't count if I am offended at anything, unless I am teaming up with some other group that already possesses the prefered victim status card and agreeing with them.
I would like some Animinal rights activist (white people can do that) to step up and complain for the Cougars. This is discrimination. I would also like a hot older woman to come forward and speak up for the hot momas of America.
So what is next after this? Maybe the Chicago Bears are offending the homosexual community, along with the Queen of England. Bears and Queens, can't have that.
I shouldn't even bring up the Beavers. Can't see how that can go through today. Maybe those kids should vote for Beavers next just to piss the school board off.
Any ideas?