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[[File:Alphabeta.png|thumb|An alpha-beta-omega chart with intermediaries. The alpha is also usually confident because of looks.]] | [[File:Alphabeta.png|thumb|An alpha-beta-omega chart with intermediaries. The alpha is also usually confident because of looks.]] | ||
'''[[Alpha]]''', '''[[beta]]''', and '''[[omega]]''' are names for animals of different rank in a [[dominance hierarchy|social hierarchy]]. [[Alpha|Alphas]] are at the top of a hierarchy and [[Omega|omegas]] are at the bottom. For the purposes of this wiki, we will follow acadmic use of the term and focus mainly on the sexual hierarchy (which take other hierarchies into account). Other letters of the Greek alphabet are also used to represent rank, e.g. [[gamma males|gamma]] as an intermediate between beta and omega. | '''[[Alpha]]''', '''[[beta]]''', and '''[[omega]]''' are names for animals of different rank in a [[dominance hierarchy|social hierarchy]]. [[Alpha|Alphas]] are at the top of a hierarchy and [[Omega|omegas]] are at the bottom. For the purposes of this wiki, we will follow acadmic use of the term and focus mainly on the sexual hierarchy (which take other hierarchies into account). Other letters of the Greek alphabet are also used to represent rank, e.g. [[gamma males|gamma]] as an intermediate between beta and omega. | ||
For simplicity, one often refers | For simplicity, one often refers animals who are the "worker bees" of the sexual hierarchy as betas. | ||
The majority of [[men]] are [[beta]] males. | The majority of [[men]] are [[beta]] males. | ||
'Alpha' does not mean inherently, or even morally 'superior', it just means at the top of the social hierarchy, which may be corrupt or overly stratified. | 'Alpha' does not mean inherently, or even morally 'superior', it just means at the top of the social hierarchy, which may be corrupt or overly stratified. | ||