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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, different groups frame social hierarchy differently. | 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. | ||
== Manosphere == | |||
The idea of an overall, necessary, mostly fixed, and possibly genetic sociosexual hierarchy in humans has been mainly promoted seriously by various traditionalists such as [[Vox Day]] and [[Jordan Peterson]] and thus has had influence on the [[manosphere]] as [[tradcon]]s entered the manosphere in the 2010s. The modern mainstream concept of a genetic, inevitable, necessary, or extremely fixed sociosexual hierarchy was also inspired by more mainstream media/literature and [[PUA|pick-up-artistry]] which was in turn 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> | The idea of an overall, necessary, mostly fixed, and possibly genetic sociosexual hierarchy in humans has been mainly promoted seriously by various traditionalists such as [[Vox Day]] and [[Jordan Peterson]] and thus has had influence on the [[manosphere]] as [[tradcon]]s entered the manosphere in the 2010s. The modern mainstream concept of a genetic, inevitable, necessary, or extremely fixed sociosexual hierarchy was also inspired by more mainstream media/literature and [[PUA|pick-up-artistry]] which was in turn 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> | ||
While small hierarchies at a local level are plausibly rooted in human evolutionary past, the immensely large hierarchies of modern nation states and large cooperation are more alienated from the natural setting. While redpillers and dating coaches etc. focus on dominance signaling at the local scale, Jordan Peterson attempts to justify the hierarchy for entire nation states, e.g. by the overall incentive structure it provides.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF-bXNQ4wzs</ref> | |||
==Signs and symbols== | ==Signs and symbols== | ||
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==Self-described incels on the dominance hierarchy== | ==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> | 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> | ||
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==Human dominance hierarchies== | ==Human dominance hierarchies== | ||
In | In many animals, rank is not only decided by strength and health, but also by [[beauty|ornament or courtship display]]. | ||
Humans have the most complex behavior of all animals and a wide variety of things determine status such as competence, [[beauty|looks/ornament]], strength/intimidation, humor, power, prestige and resources. Everyone is part of many status hierarchies at the same time, which are either formal or informal.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Behave-Biology-Humans-Best-Worst/dp/1594205078</ref> | Humans have the most complex behavior of all animals and a wide variety of things determine status such as competence, [[beauty|looks/ornament]], strength/intimidation, humor, power, prestige and resources. Everyone is part of many status hierarchies at the same time, which are either formal or informal.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Behave-Biology-Humans-Best-Worst/dp/1594205078</ref> | ||