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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 | 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, different groups frame social hierarchy differently. Socialists mainly frame the hierarchy as materially based. Traditionalists mainly frame the hierarchy as genetically based. | ||
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 scientist [[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> | |||
==Signs and symbols== | |||
Letters from the Greek alphabet are used to refer to different ranks in non-human animals, and much more rarely in humans. ''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 in non-human animals, and much more rarely in humans. ''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. | ||
For simplicity, all non-alpha animals are often called betas. Dominance does not necessarily mean aggression, but simply superiority. | For simplicity, all non-alpha animals are often called betas. Dominance does not necessarily mean aggression, but simply superiority. | ||
[[ | ==Self-described incels on the dominance hierarchy== | ||
Self-described [[incels]] mainly see ranks in terms of ''sexual status and looks'' because incels think these play a widely underappreciated role for social acceptance. Incels use their own terminology to refer to different ranks of each sex: [[Chad]], [[Normie]], [[Virgin]], [[Stacy]] and [[Becky]]. The ''female virgin'' is not a low ranking female because virginity is only detrimental to men, and actually ''beneficial'' to women.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Males_gained_peer_status_through_having_had_sex_and_females_lost_peer_status</ref> | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||