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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. Although mainly used to describe chimpanzees (among a wide variety of other animals), the term "alpha" is indeed used sporadically in academia to describe humans in an overarching context, not just non-human animals.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0003347277900148</ref> | 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 (among a wide variety of other animals), the term "alpha" is indeed used sporadically in academia to describe humans in an overarching context, not just non-human animals. | ||
<ref>https://www.academia.edu/14471033/Reproductive_strategies_and_relationship_preferences_associated_with_prestigious_and_dominant_men</ref> | |||
<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0003347277900148</ref> | |||
<ref>https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychiatric-bulletin/article/disorders-of-mental-handicap-institutions/C3CF1EA30CCCB729332110B44218F1EB</ref> | <ref>https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychiatric-bulletin/article/disorders-of-mental-handicap-institutions/C3CF1EA30CCCB729332110B44218F1EB</ref> | ||
<ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10818-012-9140-6</ref> | <ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10818-012-9140-6</ref> | ||