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Sometimes ''alpha traits'' refer to traits associated with human male sexual success such as masculinity and extroversion.<ref>https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/697086v1.abstract</ref> | Sometimes ''alpha traits'' refer to traits associated with human male sexual success such as masculinity and extroversion.<ref>https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/697086v1.abstract</ref> | ||
==="Alpha wolf" retraction=== | ===David Mech "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 | 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 concept of an, "alpha wolf", was inaccurate due to further research and analysis. | ||
David 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 dominant over men outside their 'pack', but that their dominance was only or mainly familial and born through non-competitive mating.<ref>Scientist David Mech addresses readers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNtFgdwTsbU</ref> | |||
===Incel criticism=== | ===Incel criticism=== | ||