Cougars, Cougars Everywhere!

So, continuining off of last week's theme...let's talk about cougars. This week's episode of Gossip Girl was especially intense and dramatic. But, the ultimate drama didn't even arrive until the last few seconds. Scandal swirled around Dan and Miss Carr this week. Miss Carr is a new teacher at Constance Billard who made the mistake of underestimating the great Blair Waldorf. Blair is slighted by the new teacher, and her vindictive wrath managed to suck in Dan Humphrey. She accuses Dan of giving Miss Carr, "more than just an apple!" Of course, these are initially false accusations. Notice that I say initially. Well, the scandal quickly gets out of hand, and in the end Miss Carr gets fired. So, sweet, little, not so innocent Dan goes to tell Miss Carr he is so sorry about what happened, and he feels to blame. Miss Carr, however, seems to be recovering quite well from her loss and manages to find a silver lining. She tells Dan none of this is his fault. She also mentions that she is no longer teaching at his school (wink, wink). In the end, Miss Carr ends up cougaring it up, and the audience is left gasping in surprise. It has been decades since Mrs. Robinson brought the cougar to the silver screen, yet it still hasn't found mainstream acceptance along with the creeping older man. Miss Carr wasn't even that much older than Dan, but we still think it is weird. This is just another example of how society decides what is acceptable behavior for the different sexes.