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===Different uses of the word "alpha" in academia with regards to humans=== | ===Different uses of the word "alpha" in academia with regards to humans=== | ||
In behavioural development academia, the notion of a human alpha male | In behavioural development academia, the notion of a human alpha male has been recently challenged<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0165025407084054</ref> | ||
However, 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), contrary to [[Adam Conover]] (see image), the term "alpha" is indeed used sporadically in academia to describe humans in an overarching context, not just non-human animals. | However, 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), contrary to [[Adam Conover]] (see image), 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> | ||