Comments on: Adam Lambert’s fans: Gender n’ Age Overview. The Poll!!!

By: Ray Maniaci

Ray Maniaci — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:07:00 +0000

Vote for Adam Lambert on http://www.TBWE.com
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By: Tracy--NOT a COUGAR

Tracy--NOT a COUGAR — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:45:18 +0000

I HATE the term cougar. I’m in my 40s, but I’m NOT A COUGAR! Cougars are women of means who stalk young men for sex! For god’s sake, stop labeling us with that term. Why did it have to replace “soccer mom,” which was silly, but at least not full of predatory innuendo. STOP using COUGAR. STOP labeling groups of fans. Isn’t it enough we’re all FANS of ADAM?

By: missmcglambert1982

missmcglambert1982 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:28:45 +0000

I would just like to say that we should all be united in our love and adoration of Adam, whatever age group. Adam has made music exciting again and I am on the Adam train for the rest of his electrifying trajectory to superstardom. He is by far, the most shining star to ever come out of AI or anywhere for that matter and I am just glad that he has come along in my lifetime.

By: velvetgold

velvetgold — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:52:35 +0000

Hi there,

I think this poll is a great idea… but I might add a trans (Transgender) category. It might not get a lot of hits, but it’s a good idea to have. Not everybody falls in the male/female category…

Great job and interesting results!

By: BJo

BJo — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:59:57 +0000

I blame Adam for my desire to take a stand on this point! A lot of groups have tried to diffuse hate speech by co-opting it, but it backfires by keeping it current in the acceptable language…I’m sure we can all think of examples. the main subtext of “cougar” is disapproval and hostility aimed at women, and suppression of feeling freely. One of the great mysteries and blessings of getting older is that we continue to find people our own age attractive. My significant other is my age, but I still find people of ALL ages (and genders) sexy, talented & appealing. Why is that ugly or shameful?

By: jessica

jessica — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:29:52 +0000

jessica :I am a 14 year old girl and I really believe that Adam lambert has a massive appeal to teens. All of classmates love him including a lot of boys.And if it helps, my 42 year old father absolutely loves him because of his charisma and his amazing voice. He will definitely buy his album but, he will never visit any of those fan-sites!

By: jessica

jessica — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:28:47 +0000

I am 14 year old girl and I realy believe that Adam lambert has a massive appeal to teens. All of classmates love him including a lot of boys.And if it helps, my 42 year old father absolutely loves him because of his charisma and his amazing voice. He will definitely buy his album but, he will never visit any of those fan-sites!

By: admin

admin — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:21:24 +0000

lisak :
I agree with person who posted an objection to the use of “cougar” … it is demeaning and sexist and it’s time for folks to eliminate it from their vocabulary (unless i guess if you want to be promoting an offensive and tasteless reality show)

Well, what I saw in the press is that many of the (female!) journalists use this term THEMSELVES! see e.g. in this post http://www.mr-l.org/adam-lambert-and-the-burning-women/ – both examples of articles mentioned were placed in the MAINSTREAM press! Both written by women (about themselves…) I have many more examples like these.
I don’t defend this term at all – don’t get me wrong. But I see a general misunderstanding of the meaning of this term – and still not sure which understanding is correct…

By: lisak

lisak — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:47:38 +0000

I agree with person who posted an objection to the use of “cougar” … it is demeaning and sexist and it’s time for folks to eliminate it from their vocabulary (unless i guess if you want to be promoting an offensive and tasteless reality show)

By: Jools

Jools — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:13:37 +0000

>and trust me, if Adam has to get drunk to make out with women, he’s not bi-curious, he’s just a horny drunk

Hehe, I completely agree, but folks are far too ready to take Adam fans too seriously. When the RS article was posted, I saw a lot of ‘bi-curious? time to party’ posts. That stuff was just folks having fun – as is the burning woman festival. To many non-fans, that was just delusional Adam fans not being able to accept the truth! Nonsense. Pretty much everybody knew the truth, next to nobody cared at all.

>>It appears that Adam’s following is 92% women of ALL ages.

Yeah but like I said earlier, you really can’t get an accurate idea of gender support from fan sites. I’m not saying that females aren’t in the majority, of course they are, but I think men also support Adam – they just don’t hang out at Adam fan sites. You get a lot of ‘I am a 50 year old man and he reminds me of..’ comments under news articles and there is a fair bit of support from the gay community at sites like After Elton. I know my 20 something straight son is going to take me to an AL concert if he ever reaches the UK and actually genuinely enjoys Want, but I couldn’t even persuade him to join the Facebook community because he simply isn’t into ‘fannish’ things!
Oops…forgot to say great post! Looking forward to your next one.