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=== Alpha males === | === Alpha males === | ||
It is possible for an alpha male to be sleazy, manipulative, aggressive, or abusive | |||
Ambitious and assertive men tend to use dominance and intimidation to become an alpha male (obtaining desirable women).<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> | Ambitious and assertive men tend to use dominance and intimidation to become an alpha male (obtaining desirable women).<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> | ||
Alphas are also often genuinely good people because they are very confident in their superiority and life is good for them, so they have little to gain from competitiveness having already achieved all they could wish for. Rather, they can strengthen their status by maintaining alliances with betas. | |||
It is possible under certain circumstances that alpha males (as defined by social status) are not [[Chads]], for example, [[Adolf Hitler]] was undeniably an alpha male, given all the sex he had after power | It is possible under certain circumstances that alpha males (as defined by social status) are not [[Chads]], for example, [[Adolf Hitler]] was undeniably an alpha male, given all the sex he had after power (some even speculate that he may have died a virgin). | ||
'''Examples''' | '''Examples''' | ||