Daddies and twinks

Why “Twinks” Love “Daddies”

Going out in the gay community is like a trip back to high school, with various archetypes clustering in groups at the grown-up sandbox that is a bar. It’s a pretty consistent cast of characters, really. You’ve got your “jock” types, the androgynous vixens, the “bears,” the “twinks” (haaay!) and my favorite, the “daddies.”

I’ve noticed a consistent pattern that plays out among the “twinks” and the “daddies.” It’s a tale as elderly as time: daddy eyes twink, twink eyes daddy, and they both end up attached at the hip for the verb of the evening, often even going home together.

This intrigues me, but I’ve never questioned it. Until now.

I asked myself…what is it about this scenario so unwavering in the gay community? Why am I so much more likely to notice the Batman-like security guard than the Robin-ish gogo boy dancing nearly naked on platform?

Clearly there’s some inherent appeal of the Daniel Craig and Anderson Cooper types of the world that I’m not alone in noticing.

The following is a little list