Amy
Luna Manderino, the reigning Miss Cougar International, is calling
out the dating site Cougarlifecom, for its recent advertising ploy.
San
Rafael, CA (May 31, 2013) -- Contact: Tom Andrews,
415-479-3800
Amy
Luna Manderino, the reigning Miss Cougar International, is calling
out the dating site Cougarlifecom, for its recent advertising ploy.
The Los Angeles billboard depicts a woman breastfeeding with a
thought bubble balloon from the (presumably male) baby's head saying
"Jealous?" in order to promote their dating website for
older women and younger men.
Ms.
Manderino, a popular educational speaker on the aging revolution and
s*x and gender evolution, regularly speaks about dating sites that
use s*xually graphic images of older women to sell their product. "A
few individuals have managed to brand the cougar archetype and, as a
result, they have p*rnified, objectified and trivialized an entire
generation of confident, empowered women who are exercising new
choices and freedoms as society evolves."
In
her blog, Age and the S*x Evolution, Ms. Manderino explains how
Cougarlife and its parent, Avid Life Media, are perpetuating a
harmful, regressive image of mature single women. "Women who are
s*xually knowledgable, comfortable and open lead happy, healthy lives
as the s*xual equals of their partners. Characterizing confident
women as 'hunters' reinforces the obsolete and dangerous idea that
human s*xuality requires a 'predator' and a 'prey' which creates a
climate that contributes to s*xual assault as well as unsatisfying
consensual s*x." The full blog is at
http://www.amyluna.com/blog.
Manderino
is a performing artist, academic scholar, public speaker and lifelong
advocate for gender equality and healthy s*xuality. She competed to
win Miss Cougar International in order to acknowledge the exciting
cultural shifts occurring for women and men and to debunk the
obsolete "Mrs. Robinson" stereotype. She is also a member
of Mensa (high IQ society), Omicron Delta Kappa (national leadership
honor society) and the Alumnae Leadership Council of the Public
Leadership Education Network for women. Amy Luna Manderino is
available to the news media for interviews by calling 510-666-7626 or
by emailing misscougarinternational@gmail.com.
Contact:
Rich
Gosse
Society
of Single Professionals
205
Mark Twain Avenue, San Rafael CA 94903
415-507-9962
