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Science, medicine and fitness are helping the cougar cause as well. The average age for men at marriage has risen from 23 in 1970 to 28 today. One more stat to consider: There are more single young guys. In 2000, the number was less than half - 375,000. Today, 972,000 women pull down salaries in that range. What’s more startling is the number of single women in this age bracket who make $75,000 a year or more. There are now about 14.8 million single women between the ages of 35 and 54, up from about 13.4 million in 2000, according to U.S. This, combined with more social acceptance, has led to a phenomenon that has moved far beyond the fringes. Women finally have enough economic independence to forge their own way as adults, observers say. The difference between now and that recent past? Among other things, critical mass. Robinson was a scandalous boy-chaser in 1967’s “The Graduate.” Even the term cougar has been around since the 1980s. Cougars have been around, too, though not so prominently. Older men, certainly, have been dabbling for centuries (though lately, they’ve been dubbed “manthers”). The May-December romance concept is not new. “You tell them your age and it does not scare them away,” she said. But you really only meet young dudes in bars.”Īnd the young guys, she said, tend to be “enamored” of older women. “There aren’t as many men my age who are single and fabulous,” said Gail Bridges, 38, sitting in a Boulder coffee shop. It’s not about anything else.”įor some cougars, at least, dating men who were still in high school during the first season of “American Idol” is less about sex than it is about circumstance. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu