"Purportedly, in San Francisco, the term Mrs. Robinson has recently been used by a certain sect of urban progressive married females to describe themselves and their declaration of indifference to traditional marriage values and other conventional romantic institutions. Known as the Mrs. Robinson Society (MRS) mrsrobinsonsf.com, the group's manifesto is loosely based on a revival of interest in Bancroft's portrayal of Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate, and celebrates her character as a symbol of female independence and empowerment for a new generation of married women. See coverage of the MRS movement in 7x7 magazine 7x7 June 2007."
After checking out www.mrsrobinsonsf.com, I have come to my own conclusion that these women of the MRS are simply making up a "classy" excuse to not be called a cougar, MILF, or cheating spouse. They are basically trying to justify doing what feels so right but in their mind is so very socially unacceptable.
Well what I say to them is... BRING ON THE MRS ROBINSON'S!!!
As usual, send me your stories of being hunted, urban safaris, and run ins with Mrs. Robinsons to MarinaCougar(at)gmail.com.
6 comments:
You are not the first to draw comparisons between Mrs. Robinson and her gal-pal, the Cougar. As a founding member of the Mrs. Robinson Society (MRS), I find the public confusion over our differing agendas to be quite amusing, and we welcome the controversy. For several months, in fact, Mrs. Robinsons have been pitted against Cougars in what’s turning out to be an all-out virtual cat fight. Personally, I’d like to see that played out in real life. Can you imagine--Mrs. Robinson vs. The Cougar in some Lucha Libre-style ideological smackdown? All in good fun, of course. Who doesn’t love a woman in a Mexican wrestling mask? Perhaps this is something our two factions might collaborate on?
MRS is an open platform (men, women, homo, hetero, young, old). It is also home to many reformed practitioners of Cougarism, who are now as eager as we are to abandon the unfortunate misnomer and male-centric term of Cougar. Mrs. Robinson is no “starving aggressor” and, by extension, worthwhile Benjamins are not “helpless prey.” Additionally, MRS is not intended as a solution for a bored or loveless life. On the contrary, Mrs. Robinson is satisfied on all fronts—at home with her husband, and in her expanded social playground, which includes younger men. I know it’s shocking to imagine married women living fulfilling lives independent of their partners, and gracious me, even engaging with young single men. Lordy child, say it isn’t so! But it is true.
In appropriating Mrs. Robinson’s mythology, we’ve rewritten her history. “Being Mrs. Robinson” is an ideal state of mind, a model code of behavior, an aspirational measure. To understand it properly, the cosmology we’ve invented around her character should be viewed as an organizing principle for a serious sociopolitical agenda, one that is mainly concerned with female empowerment but also a broad and urgent call for conscious living.
Don’t get caught up in whether or not we espouse extra-marital affairs—that’s missing the point. Mrs. Robinson, as we’ve reinvented her, resides outside black-and-white categories of older women as either caretakers or sexual predators. Consider Mrs. R., the wise confidante, trusted advisor, and career coach—the taste-making wizard to help you redecorate your apartment or select a sharp new wardrobe. This is the version of a May-September relationship that holds our imagination. We like to think of it as a mentor-protégée arrangement, a form of community outreach, if you will.
So you can understand why the thought of our Society as a hunting ground for Cougar Killers, is quite hilarious to us. Before I close, if you’ll allow me one departing note to your constituents. (After all, you did egg us on.) I can only hope that perhaps even one young fellow will read this and come over to the other side. What follows is an open letter from Mrs. Robinson:
Dear Prospective Benjamin:
If you are a young man of precocious intelligence and humor, bored with deflowering kittenish ingénues and craving a different sort of awakening, then you may be equipped to explore the complex mind and multiple dimensions of Mrs. Robinson. In fact, you are crucial to the society’s mission, and chances are one of our MRS Field Agents may have noticed you already. If you are reading this blog, we trust you are not a lost cause, but perhaps just misguided. Forget the empty bravado of being a Cougar Killer and discover the rewards of becoming Benjamin instead.
Questions? http://www.mrsrobinsonsf.com/respond.htm
Sincerely,
Mrs. Robinson
this is hilarious. typical mindless old hags tryind DESPERATELY to appear valuable to men.. they are just pathetic old ladies past their expiration date who need to justify their need for younger men. OF COURSE their marriages are unhappy. even these dumbfucks can't quite figure out that the ORIGINAL MRS. ROBINSON in the movie is a bitter old hag who tries to thwart Benjamin (the lead character) from being happy. this is because she's a BITTER OLD HAG. these COUGARS know they are used goods and are just trying to market their skanky old selves as something better.. guys aren't that stupid. we see an old hag sitting at the bar and we know exactly what's up-- old hasbeen looking for action. you can call yourself mrs. robinsons, sophisticated, or any other bullshit euphemism under the sun. bottom line is you're just a COUGAR. you're a used up old kleenex that's only good for sport fucking. stop pretending that your sad saggy old asses and wrinkled tits are worth more than they really are..
get a clue, grandma :)
^^ Let me guess, the Anonymous asshat above me has a stick so far up her ass, she managed to scare her boyfriend who finally found what he was looking for in an older women who can offer him much more than what Asshat Anonymous is prepared to offer. Hit a nerve did we miss? Why don't you smoke some weed and relax? You have too much anger and bitterness in you.
Wow, I honestly thought that "Asshat Anonymous" was a guy, guess I need to read that again
I did re read it and I still think "asshat annonymous" is a guy but then again does an asshat really have gender? Hello Mrs Robinson:)
After reading violet lagoon's post, I couldn't resist myself and read the materials on the MRS website. I have to admit that I've never seen a more pathetic attempt to explain away a truly bizarre and destructive mythos. The MRS is a prime example of a basic life truth. "People do whatever they want to, then expend considerable effort to justify their actions to themselves and then to others, until the explanation is all that is left." A good vocabulary and some clever writing are poor substitutes for rational and substantive thought.
These people are so out of touch with reality and the human condition that it's not even clownish or laughable, it's down-right depressing. The transparent facade of sophistication that is neatly wrapped around their description of so-called "Female Empowerment" principals is hysterical. And to top it off, they took a moniker from the premise of a terrific film in The Graduate, but completely missed the point of the story! Mrs. Robinson was a confident, intelligent, and powerful woman who chose to use that power for her own petty pleasures and to the determent of her own daughter’s freedom and happiness. She wielded her power like her own personal phallus, without regard to damage done to the spirits of others. Mrs. Robinson had no redeeming qualities whatsoever. The point of the character was to demonstrate what the abuse of personal power does to those who are damaged by it.
Every time I think that our society and the human race can't become any more bizarre and unproductive, I get surprised. Thanks ladies, at least I got a surprise today. Here’s an interesting thought, instead of feeding your own ego’s and libidos with young men whom you can more easily manipulate, why don’t you try your “Mentoring” skills on a young person that failing at school because nobody cares about them at home? Why don’t you put that “Sophistication” to work in steering a young life toward a productive future? Why don’t you take some of your “Serious Sociopolitical Agenda”, and stuff in into your wallet where you just took out $20 to feed someone who has nothing of their own?
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