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[[File:Adam.jpg|thumb|Do not take advice from this [[wagecuck]] about how humans work]] | [[File:Adam.jpg|thumb|Do not take advice from this [[wagecuck]] about how humans work]] | ||
An '''alpha male''' colloquially mostly refers to a sexually successful male with high peer popularity. | An '''alpha male''' colloquially mostly refers to a sexually successful male with high peer popularity. | ||
Generally it means at the top of the hierarchy, i.e. the most physically dominant male or the most accomplished or wealthy one. There is nothing pseudo-scientific or conspiratorial about the fact that men differ in their social and material success, giving them a label, and pointing their privilege. | Generally it means at the top of the hierarchy, i.e. the most physically dominant male or the most accomplished or wealthy one. There is nothing pseudo-scientific or conspiratorial about the fact that men differ in their social and material success, giving them a label, and pointing their privilege. Although mainly used to describe chimpanzees, the term "alpha" is indeed used in academia to describe humans in an overarching context, not just animals.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0003347277900148</ref><ref>https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2007-04852-038</ref><ref>https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=pMwk3haZhioC&oi=fnd&pg=PA375&dq=%22alpha+male%22+human&ots=SrKjMFBExF&sig=6tZfzkttgDXS6ccZa_7_bRnrAKM#v=onepage&q=%22alpha%20male%22%20&f=false</ref><ref>http://www.successfulexecutive.com.au/files/r0405c-pdf-eng.pdf</ref><ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1097184X07313357</ref><ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886907000955</ref> | ||
[[Alpha]] males are typically very good looking and/or very wealthy, have wide shoulders and are often tall. | Sometimes academics will shy from the word "alpha", but claim human political rulers are the basically the same as alphas in lower primates<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Denise_Cummins/publication/228380735_Dominance_status_and_social_hierarchies/links/0c9605272d5c4810c5000000/Dominance-status-and-social-hierarchies.pdf</ref>[[Alpha]] males are typically very good looking and/or very wealthy, have wide shoulders and are often tall. | ||
Alpha males may also tend to have very dominating personalities. | Alpha males may also tend to have very dominating personalities. | ||
The alpha male is often the kind of man whom everyone listens to when he speaks. | The alpha male is often the kind of man whom everyone listens to when he speaks. | ||