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A '''dominance hierarchy''' is an arrangement in a group of animals in which each member has a ''rank'' or ''status'' that everyone mostly agrees on. Members of higher rank are admitted more power and resources. While almost no one contests the idea of dominance hierarchies relative to certain traits or social domains, the idea of an overall, fixed, and possibly genetic sociosexual hierarchy in humans has been mainly promoted seriously by [[PUA|pick-up-artists]], [[Vox Day]], and [[Jordan Peterson]], and also by more mainstream media/literature inspired by [[David Mech|David Mech's]] concept of an 'alpha wolf', which David later retracted.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20151023133410/http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2014/sep/24/my-bad-alpha-wolf-term-outmoded/</ref><ref>Scientist David Mech addresses readers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNtFgdwTsbU</ref> | A '''dominance hierarchy''' is an arrangement in a group of animals in which each member has a ''rank'' or ''status'' that everyone mostly agrees on. Members of higher rank are admitted more power and resources. While almost no one contests the idea of dominance hierarchies relative to certain traits or social domains, the idea of an overall, fixed, and possibly genetic sociosexual hierarchy in humans has been mainly promoted seriously by [[PUA|pick-up-artists]], [[Vox Day]], and [[Jordan Peterson]], and also by more mainstream media/literature inspired by [[David Mech|David Mech's]] concept of an 'alpha wolf', which scientist David later retracted.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20151023133410/http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2014/sep/24/my-bad-alpha-wolf-term-outmoded/</ref><ref>Scientist David Mech addresses readers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNtFgdwTsbU</ref> | ||
Letters from the Greek alphabet are used to refer to different ranks. ''Alphas'' are the most dominant animals, followed by [[beta|''betas'']], followed by ''gammas'', and so on. [[Omega|''Omegas'']] are the least dominant animals, often socially excluded and depressed. | Letters from the Greek alphabet are used to refer to different ranks. ''Alphas'' are the most dominant animals, followed by [[beta|''betas'']], followed by ''gammas'', and so on. [[Omega|''Omegas'']] are the least dominant animals, often socially excluded and depressed. | ||