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School Scraps Derogatory Cougar Mascot (Read 565 times)
Jul 6th, 2012 at 5:48pm

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School scraps 'Cougars' as mascot after complaints that it's derogatory

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It's tough to pick a mascot these days.

Over the past few years we've seen several instances of schools being pressured to change their mascots because of cultural sensitives like Miami University of Ohio having to go through a 25-year process to change from the Redskins to the Redhawks.

But we've never heard of a mascot that offended, well, older women.

The Corner Canyon High School in Draper, Utah, needed to choose a mascot and after 23% of students who voted decided they wanted to be the Corner Canyon Cougars. Falcons, Raptors and Diamondbacks were the other choices on the ballot.

But that didn't sit well with parents who called in and complained that "Cougar" was a derogatory word because of how it's made its way into our vocabulary for older women who like to date younger men.


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Edit:  For Non-Americans.  The above photo is a publicity photo of American actress Courteney Cox, who stars in the popular television series Cougar Town.
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Reply #1 - Jul 7th, 2012 at 12:04am

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No doubt a reaction from those who have nothing better to do than wake up, stretch, get out of bed, draw back the curtains and then look out on the world for some thing to complain about or that supposedly offends them  Roll Eyes Roll Eyes

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