Whether she is dating someone younger (challenging societal "cougar" tropes) or someone much older, these stories explore the physical and emotional realities of aging. The Nuance:
For decades, Hollywood and popular fiction have offered a one-dimensional caricature: the "cougar"—a predatory, surgically enhanced older woman hunting a hapless younger man. Meanwhile, the reverse trope (aging male star, ingénue love interest) has been romanticized as classic, even aspirational.