"It seems like a relic of an earlier era, one in which actual out gay celebrities were such a rare commodity that we had no choice but to find our idols elsewhere, either in celebrities who we assumed were in the closet or in those who we knew weren't gay but wanted to pretend might be," Harris writes.
"Though daddies typically embody masculine traits, there is an intangible level of queerness, or at least perceived queerness, that leads to the characterization."
"DADDIES R HOT!" summarizes the allure and playful engagement with the 'daddy' archetype in contemporary gay culture according to the NYT.
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