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Sometimes academics will shy from the word, "alpha", but claim human political rulers are the basically the same as the, "alphas", in less intelligent 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> Another study took the idea of "alpha females" quite seriously, even measuring hormone levels to determine "alphaness"<ref>https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/697086v1.abstract</ref>. | Sometimes academics will shy from the word, "alpha", but claim human political rulers are the basically the same as the, "alphas", in less intelligent 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> Another study took the idea of "alpha females" quite seriously, even measuring hormone levels to determine "alphaness"<ref>https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/697086v1.abstract</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 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.<ref>https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1987-21883-001</ref><ref>https://www.academia.edu/14471033/Reproductive_strategies_and_relationship_preferences_associated_with_prestigious_and_dominant_men</ref> | ||
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. | ||
The average alpha male has had dozens of [[sex|lays]] by the time he is 20. | The average alpha male has had dozens of [[sex|lays]] by the time he is 20. | ||