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== Alpha males == | == Alpha males == | ||
[[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. At times, in academia, it also means a man who is able to obtain desired women<ref>https://www.academia.edu/14471033/Reproductive_strategies_and_relationship_preferences_associated_with_prestigious_and_dominant_men</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. | 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.academia.edu/14471033/Reproductive_strategies_and_relationship_preferences_associated_with_prestigious_and_dominant_men</ref> | ||