It's not a real thing it's an excuse to either 1. Be a dick 2. Blame women for not wanting to touch your dick Wolves don't have an Alpha/Beta/Omrga system so don't try pulling that one either. The (very outdated) studies "proving" those dynamics exist was done with unrelated wolves who were forced into an unfamiliar environment. Most wolf packs are led by a mated pair and the rest of the pack is their pups or sometimes other relatives like one of the parent's siblings.
I think it’s more of a scale. Where you have alpha male at one end and beta male at the other. And a male falls somewhere between the two. I also don’t think it’s fixed. I think environmental conditions play an impact. E. g. a man gets a new powerful job, so he feels more alpha... then his hot model girlfriend dumps him for his younger brother, so he more slightly towards beta.
Not really. I remember my ex, who was the characteristic alpha male, tall handsome, confident, charming, intelligent secretly was the most incredibly self conscious, validation seeking, misanthropic and insensitive person i've ever met.
There can be someone who treats people well but could also be approval seeking. Some people can be like the alpha and beta. But usually people are a mix of both.
i don't think its as cut and dry as that chart suggests.
an alpha in a pack is simply the leader. they don't have to have any of these traits, just be in charge. a beta is just below them, still greater than the pack but subordinate to the alpha.
in other words, this alpha stuff is about as accurate as the aryan race existing.
These are all actual behaviours but they rarely all occur in the same person. It's certainly not a binary system. Most people are something between the two.
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So it may be a theory that only one in a thousand (or more) is an Alpha (because of all the good qualities he has 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲) and many more Beta males? Many mistaken these definitions with animals and jerks. The names for these types of people can be misleading and humiliating.
I also believe that people are alpha in some situations, but beta in others. No one is 100% alpha or alpha 100% of the time. In addition, betas can easily become alphas when responsibility is put on their shoulders. It's not so dry-cut as "some are alphas; some are betas." I could agree with that.
I might also look into introvert alphas and extrovert alphas. Because those traits seem to revolve more around introversion and extroversion. So, it brings the question to my mind, "Within that definition, can an introvert be an alpha?"
Another personality type that isn't mentioned much is the omega, which is the truly pathetic one. Anyone who's played Deus Ex knows about that one!
I think it's a bunch of nonsense tbh. And I mean just look at the chart... Sensitive is a considered an "alpha" trait? Ask any PUA if being sensitive with a girl in the club is getting them laid lol. Also wtf is nervous hands? Lotsa people drink coffee and have jittery hands lol
This is a pretty flawed idea that comes from studying behaviors of pack predators. Human social interaction is too complex to break down like this even when you bring a third option type (omega, or outcast) into the equation
No I’ve gotten smacked and didn’t fight I've smacked people and they didn’t fight. What goes around comes around. Your a bitch or your not a bitch and tables turn.
No. That's just a connotation for people with low intelligence who think they compensate by being more socially malleable rather than accepting the reality that they are a burden to humanity.
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