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==="Alpha wolf" retraction=== | ==="Alpha wolf" retraction=== | ||
While the notion of a human alpha male is grounded in a sporadic amount of academia, the concept is much more rooted in [[PUA]] figures such as [[RooshV]] and [[Vox Day]], making it dubious to those who think [[PUA]]s are wrong. Critics of dominance hierarchy theory in humans point usually point to the person who coined the term, "Alpha", scientist David Mech, who said that his initial framing of an, "alpha wolf", was inaccurate due to further research and analysis.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20151023133410/http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2014/sep/24/my-bad-alpha-wolf-term-outmoded/</ref> David insists that "alpha wolves" didn't actually become | While the notion of a human alpha male is grounded in a sporadic amount of academia, the concept is much more rooted in [[PUA]] figures such as [[RooshV]] and [[Vox Day]], making it dubious to those who think [[PUA]]s are wrong. Critics of dominance hierarchy theory in humans point usually point to the person who coined the term, "Alpha", scientist David Mech, who said that his initial framing of an, "alpha wolf", was inaccurate due to further research and analysis. | ||
He later stated the entire concept of 'alpha' he coined was wrong.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20151023133410/http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2014/sep/24/my-bad-alpha-wolf-term-outmoded/</ref> David insists that "alpha wolves" didn't actually become societally dominant, but instead through non-competitive mating created familial subordinates instead of 'society-wide male subordinates born from mating competition'.<ref>Scientist David Mech addresses readers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNtFgdwTsbU</ref> | |||
===Incel criticism=== | ===Incel criticism=== | ||