![]() I got involved with another man who was eating to sculpt his vision of the perfect belly and man-boob combo. I have experienced this from both sides of the equation: I dated an otter who doubled as a chaser who wanted me to get fatter. Within the bear/chaser dynamic, some mid-sized men aspire to get bigger, perhaps encouraged by their chasers/admirers. Thinner bear-minded furry guys are now called “otters.” The characteristics that previously defined bear culture are becoming eclipsed by a propensity for size. The term “bear”’ has become nearly synonymous with heavyset. But within the bear culture, the subset of chubs and super-chubs has been growing. This rejection of the physical ideal results in more body hair, more balding, rounder bellies, and less manicuring overall. I will still consider myself to be a bear even if I dip below 200 pounds, which I’m determined to do. This is primarily what’s attractive to me about bears, whom-at about 225 pounds and counting down-I consider to be my sexual-cultural arena. Gay men who define themselves as bears reject the mainstream gay physical ideal and tend to be less interested in trendy fashion and obsessive body consciousness. As discussed in the last Grumpy Ghey, “bear culture” is widely considered the bigger sub-cultural umbrella that our chubbiest brethren, so-called “chubs” and “super-chubs,” fall under.
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