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Those in the beta group would be basically free to do as they wished, in regards to sexual matters. He claimed that those in the alpha group would eventually represent a superior and aristocratic caste compared to those in the beta group, due to the alpha group members retaining greater "expansive energy" due to sexual repression.<ref>https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049770160&view=1up&seq=1</ref> | Those in the beta group would be basically free to do as they wished, in regards to sexual matters. He claimed that those in the alpha group would eventually represent a superior and aristocratic caste compared to those in the beta group, due to the alpha group members retaining greater "expansive energy" due to sexual repression.<ref>https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049770160&view=1up&seq=1</ref> | ||
According to more modern scientific understanding, the group more compatible with lifelong marriage, the ''alpha'' group, can be identified as slow [[life history]] strategists, where the ''beta'' group are fast life history strategist. Unwin did not use these teams as the life history theory was only developed in the 1950s, after his death. | |||
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