Cougars: NYC is endlessly fascinating, and the show itself hasn't even been fully cast yet. Just the fact that Cougars — older women who date younger men — steal a page from the gay handbook and call their partners "cubs" just shows the thin line these women tread between the absurd and the fabulous. Nothing wrong with dating younger men, but treating younger boyfriends like a piece of meat isn't going to solve millennium-old gender inequality. Which would seem to be the case to hear it straight from the cougar's mouth during another party/cattle call for the show:

"We are looking to shatter the stereotypes that surround cougars and cubs," explains (cougar) Ellison. "It's important for a woman to realize that she gets back what she puts out. If she positions herself as a smokin' hot mama, it is probably just going to lead to a booty call."

First of all, no. You can't "shatter a stereotype" that was created with American Pie. It's like these women all saw that one episode of Sliders where Jerry O'Connell and Co. went into that dimension where women were the dominant force in the workplace and sexually harassed all their male co-workers. How wacky! Plus, you're still purporting the stereotype that women don't want a "booty call," but a long-term relationship, and that if they dress seductively they are going to attract the wrong kind of cub (the kind that wants to have sex with older women?).

It would be better to re-imagine these women not as glass ceiling shatterers, but as natural predators — although, given their cup size, way less likely to get caught by Chris Hansen.