Dominance hierarchy: Difference between revisions

There have been various criticisms of an overall dominance hierarchy in humans, with critics saying applying such animalistic concepts to humans is mostly or entirely pseudo-science.<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0165025407084054</ref>

However, while there is nothing pseudo-scientific or non-obvious about the fact that men differ in their social, romantic and material success, critics say that the platonic ideal of an 'alpha' is dubious due to the sheer number of social domains in which humans can or do engage in their lives, unlike less intelligent animals. For example, a D&D champ may be the alpha in a board game shop, but not in the lacrosse field.  Critics may have a hard time denying, however, that there exist people who exert control over entire populations, as well as those who are submissive to nearly everyone, due to their social status.  Critics of dominance hierarchy theory often point to these positions as temporary [[Social constructionism|social constructions]], and not as fixed or genetic as dominance hierarchy theorists often imply.