Look, I get it. The stereotype of mothers is that they are sexless, uninteresting parentbots with floppy vaginas, saggy breasts, big asses and no interest in sex. And so when a woman just happens to be attractive and, God forbid, sexual and interested in sex after giving birth to a child — let alone raising one to adulthood, as was the original meaning of the term "MILF," now lost in the plethora of MILF-porn featuring women younger than this writer — it's a cause for men's peens to stand at attention and that, of course, is the goal of women everywhere. Gag. At least "cougar" has the benefit of imbuing the older woman in question with some agency — because a MILF is, of course, an object for men's lust, while a cougar is pursuing the younger objects of her own.

So, look, it's been nearly a decade since Stifler's mom boned the nerdy virgin and brought the term to the mainstream, and I understand that this was probably a seminal (heh) movie for a lot of dudes (and some women) now in their twenties. But it's a stupid acronym that sounds stupid and adding "ILF" to everything under the sun is becoming more annoying than the media's love of adding "-gate" to the end of every political scandal. Just call it a day, dudes who use "MILF." No one needs to know who you'd like to fuck given the chance that you'll never have!. There's just no need to keep pointing out the attractive women who won't fuck you.

Hasn't "MILF" Jumped The Shark Yet? [Feministing]

While morning radio is not exactly a bastion of morality, The Buckethead Show on a rock radio station has established a "school pool" — listeners win prizes for correctly guessing the site of the next sex scandal. The contest is promoted with the slogan: "We'll give you the cash for new school supplies and maybe some 'private tutoring' of your own ;-) ." Would a radio station ever get away with mocking a cases in which female students were the victims?

Among the evidence that resulted in the arrest of Ms. Marinelli were text messages to her victim. One read "How about a quickie 2 morrow afternoon :-)?" while another stated, "Ur car looks awesome! Al u need is a hot milf sittin next u and ud really b in business." Not appropriate communication between teacher and student, to be sure, and not just because "ur" ≠ "your." But honestly: Is it as creepy as if a 40-year-old man were writing to a 17-year-old cheerleader?

It's easy to think of situations where a 17-year-old dude would be psyched to get laid by an older woman. The term MILF and the plot of movies like Loverboy sum up the general thinking when it comes to the sexual psyche of teenage males. Gordon Finley, a psychologist and professor at Florida International University says, "Female sex predation is not a victimless crime. It is male victimization. They suffer to some degree the same consequences as female victims." But do we really believe it? Are these women — teachers who have overstepped extremely clear boundaries — taken seriously as criminals? And are the boys taken seriously as victims?

School Sex Scandals [Newsweek]