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The Northerner

(5,040 posts) Mon Jan 30, 2012, 04:12 PM Jan 2012

TYT: Cougar Mascot Rejected By School - Offensive To Women?

"...Canyons School Board members in Draper, Utah have rejected the "Cougars" as a high school mascot, deeming it offensive to older women...".* Ana Kasparian and guest host Ben Mankiewicz discuss on The Young Turks.

*http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/01/20/utah-school-rejects-cougar-mascot-to-avoid-offending-older-women/

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TYT: Cougar Mascot Rejected By School - Offensive To Women? (Original Post) The Northerner Jan 2012 OP

That is SO stupid....How is this offensive to women? Ecumenist Jan 2012 #1

I'm offended by "Chargers" izquierdista Jan 2012 #2

Like was mentioned in the video, RC Jan 2012 #3

Bullettes or COWS is far more insulting HockeyMom Jan 2012 #4

But "Redskins" and "Crusaders" are fine? HopeHoops Jan 2012 #5

Ecumenist

(6,086 posts)

1. That is SO stupid....How is this offensive to women?

Reply to The Northerner (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 04:24 PM

Jan 2012

I don't get it. I understand the term "cougars" but I don't understand how it's offensive to women...

izquierdista

(11,689 posts)

2. I'm offended by "Chargers"

Reply to The Northerner (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 04:24 PM

Jan 2012

You would think that after all the people at Abu Ghraib who were hooked up to battery chargers that it would be unacceptable to name a team after torturers. What's next, the Salt Lake City Waterboarders? the Miami Bamboo-under-the-fingernailers? the Sacramento Pepper-Sprayers? Well, at least that last team has been benched.

RC

(25,592 posts)

3. Like was mentioned in the video,

Reply to The Northerner (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 04:40 PM

Jan 2012

Redskin good, Cougar bad.
Googling 'cougar' did not turn up any derogatory mention. Unless "older woman" themselves are derogatory. Maybe that's the problem for some people.
Being a senior citizen at 67 years old, I hope not. I'm sleeping with one. Oh, the horror.

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)

4. Bullettes or COWS is far more insulting

Reply to The Northerner (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 05:06 PM

Jan 2012

The sports teams at my daughters HS school were called the Bulls, based on the symbol for the Town. They didn't know what to call the Girls Sports Teams. Bullettes? Bang, Bang? Dumb. Cows????? You want INSULTING? They eventually settled for Lady Bulls. A bit silly, but ok. Cougars is not insulting. At least it is an animal and can apply to BOTH GENDERS. A Bull cannot be female.

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

5. But "Redskins" and "Crusaders" are fine?

Reply to The Northerner (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 08:41 PM

Jan 2012

Q: And how does "cougar" differ from "sugar daddy"?

A: One's a large cat and the other is a candy on a stick.

Unless the school logo is Mrs. Robinson in a teddy or they advertise their school as "MILF High School", I really don't see the problem.

Oh, and how about "The Trojans"? That could be offensive to anti-birth control sorts.

Lest this degrade into a discussion about (as they are so eloquently referred to) the "b", "c", and "n" words, why can't people just accept that words have multiple meanings, even if they are slang alternatives? George Carlin addressed this long ago - some words have double meanings, others do not, and for the sake of keeping with the eloquent references, he was talking about the "t" word.

On Edit: That isn't the word "tits".

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