Gay Animal Archetypes

I was going to do a TBT post but wasn't inspired. Last night I was talking to my roommate and asked her if in the straight community body types and styles were referred to in animalistic terms, such as bears, otters, etc. She thought about it, briefly. Her answer was no.

I am not sure when gay men started to identify with animal archetypes but I do know as we get older we move on from high school archetypes and more and more associate with our animal brethren. Not to say old qualifiers aren't bandied around like show queen or circuit boy but it seems in the gay community we have reached a new era and it's a bit beastly.

Here are some of the more known Animalistic Archetypes:

Bears
Bears are hairy, big, and usually older. Cubs are younger and may not be as hairy as a bear. The Bear community has split itself into sub categories. Mostly into bears that are just fat and big versus the ones that work out and are fat and muscular. Bears are usually found on Growlr and eschew say Grindr. Bears are more masculine oriented.









Otters
Otters are guys who have more of a swimmers build but are hairy. They are also a bit cutesy and boyish despite being any age. You can find otters on any gay app or dating site, usually sporting a baseball cap with hairy abs showing, and mischievous grins.








Wolves
Like bears they are very masculine and very hairy. But whereas Bears are friendly and open, wolves tend to be more dominant and intimidating. Muscular with a leaner body type than a bear (even a muscled bear) and very sexually aggressive. A good way to tell a muscled wolf apart from a muscled bear is a bear is usually a bit smiley and even when fit has a bit of a paunch on him. Mostly seen on Scruff.












Pig
A pig is not a fat man. Pigs well are sexually piggy. Usually submissive and will do anything for their Wolf master. Pigs are usually muscular but actual body type is reflective on the fetish of those they are piggishly submitting to. (NO IMAGE: I am trying to keep this blog PG-13 on the images. There are no clean images of a Pig. That is something you should google on your own.)

I am slightly chubby. Not hairy really. Except my legs which I think is lucky because unless you are a swimmer I don't think smooth legs on a man is acceptable. I can't really grow a beard that looks bearish or wolfish and I don't work out. (I should but am afraid of injuries after hurting my tricep in 2007 and then putting too much icy hot on it--essentially frying the nerve for a while.) Maybe I am a Seal or a Dolphin or just a human being.

What is your Animal Archetype?