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Gay Men: Are You a Jock, Otter, Bear or Wolf? Which Type Are You?
Gay men often use descriptive terms to identify and label other men within the wider gay community. No doubt you’ve heard of some of these labels, appreciate jock, otter, bear, cub, wolf, and so forth. But many gay men often wonder what these terms actually mean.
How many times have you approached your friends and asked them,“What am I? Which collective do I decline into? And what the heck is a wolf?”
Maybe you’ve even sent them a bathroom mirror selfie wanting some answers.
After conducting extensive research on queer body types, collecting survey opinions from gay blogs, and plugging the numbers into high-grade statistical analysis software, the typologies of lgbtq+ male body types can now be revealed. Much of the analysis draws upon search phrases via Google’s algorithms. Nothing was left to chance.
Please observe that we have not included all of the groups here and the ones that are here may have a subgroup. It is entirely possible that your group is not listed. Finally, some may oppose with these labels as there continues to be uninterrupted friction regarding what they mean. This is simply an attempt to extend clarity.
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Guide to queer men’s body types
Lesbians and gay men have become normalized in pop society to a aim that terms we use to detail one another own become more commonplace. I was even asked by co-worker to define another staff member by these images.
In an effort to elaborate some differences, here’s how body image types break down for gay men.
So let’s start with twinks. Generally speaking, these are younger gay men who have a skinny to slimly athletic build. Also, they don’t have a lot of body hair, and the chest is usually smooth.
Some guys will shave their chests and armpits to conform to this body image. I think that the term came from Twinkies. You realize — young, dumb and full of … moving on.
Up next are the otters. They attend to be hairier overall, still with that thin to slimly athletic develop . I’ve seen guys of various ages take the image label of an otter, though it tends to be men under 40.
Closely related to the otters are the foxes. Basically a fox is an otter over forty. One buddy of mine described foxes as the cougars of the same-sex attracted male community.
Then we have the bears. Like otters, men of various ages identify as a bear. These are larger-bodied or mus
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