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Bulldog cougars?

By 15 October 2009 3 Comments

The NYTimes’ article from yesterday explored the older woman-younger man relationship — the “cougar” phenomenon. Granted, their definitions of cougar — women 35 years or older dating men five to ten years younger — have nothing at all to do with any Yale relationships I know of, unless some male commenter wants to speak up about hooking up with a TF or a professor. The age range of the Yale dating pool is pretty limited: 17-22 for undergraduates, with grad students seeming to range mostly from 22-30. So what’s a junior or senior girl to do?

By the time you get to the ripe old age of 20, you might feel like you (or your friends) have hooked up with every straight male at Yale. You can obviously try to go the grad student route and stalk GPSCY looking for your TF from last semester, but sooner or later you might start thinking about going younger. If you’re an upperclasswoman, are freshman boys game as soon as they hit campus? Or do you let them age for at least a semester? I’m personally a little creeped out by the idea of ever entering a dorm room on Old Campus again, let alone a bedroom, but there are definitely ways around that. Bullblogirls, share your thoughts in the comments below.

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