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Males who are totally unsuccessful with women are Omega males. They are often socially excluded and hence never get laid. | Males who are totally unsuccessful with women are Omega males. They are often socially excluded and hence never get laid. | ||
==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||
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> | 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> | ||
===Social domain variance and political construction=== | ===Social domain variance and political construction=== | ||
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Critics of social dominance hierarchy theory may say that something like a sports star hogging dozens of women by virtue of male competition is more of a self-fulfilling prophesy in a social construction, and is not inevitable about humans, as many countries lack the degree of celebrity culture necessary for this to happen to the degree that it does in certain countries, or in times of resource scarcity. | Critics of social dominance hierarchy theory may say that something like a sports star hogging dozens of women by virtue of male competition is more of a self-fulfilling prophesy in a social construction, and is not inevitable about humans, as many countries lack the degree of celebrity culture necessary for this to happen to the degree that it does in certain countries, or in times of resource scarcity. | ||
===Adam Conover=== | ===Adam Conover=== | ||
U.S. comedian and TV host [[Adam Conover]] famously claimed "alpha males do not exist" and insinuated that the notion of an alpha male wasn't referenced in academia.<ref>''Adam Ruins Everything - Alpha Males Do Not Exist | truTV.'' 953,882 views (as of Fri 25 2019), Aug 4, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ti86veZBjU</ref> | [[File:Erh.jpg|thumb|201x201px|Adam Conover.]] | ||
The term "alpha" is indeed used very sporadically in academia to genuinely describe humans, not just non-human animals.<ref>https://www.academia.edu/14471033/Reproductive_strategies_and_relationship_preferences_associated_with_prestigious_and_dominant_men</ref><ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0003347277900148</ref><ref>https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychiatric-bulletin/article/disorders-of-mental-handicap-institutions/C3CF1EA30CCCB729332110B44218F1EB</ref><ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10818-012-9140-6</ref><ref>https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2007-04852-038</ref><ref>https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=pMwk3haZhioC&oi=fnd&pg=PA375&dq=%22alpha+male%22+human&ots=SrKjMFBExF&sig=6tZfzkttgDXS6ccZa_7_bRnrAKM#v=onepage&q=%22alpha%20male%22%20&f=false</ref><ref>http://www.successfulexecutive.com.au/files/r0405c-pdf-eng.pdf</ref><ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1097184X07313357</ref><ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886907000955</ref> | U.S. comedian and TV host [[Adam Conover]] famously claimed "alpha males do not exist" and insinuated that the notion of an alpha male wasn't referenced in academia.<ref>''Adam Ruins Everything - Alpha Males Do Not Exist | truTV.'' 953,882 views (as of Fri 25 2019), Aug 4, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ti86veZBjU</ref> The term "alpha" is indeed used very sporadically in academia to genuinely describe humans, not just non-human animals.<ref>https://www.academia.edu/14471033/Reproductive_strategies_and_relationship_preferences_associated_with_prestigious_and_dominant_men</ref><ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0003347277900148</ref><ref>https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychiatric-bulletin/article/disorders-of-mental-handicap-institutions/C3CF1EA30CCCB729332110B44218F1EB</ref><ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10818-012-9140-6</ref><ref>https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2007-04852-038</ref><ref>https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=pMwk3haZhioC&oi=fnd&pg=PA375&dq=%22alpha+male%22+human&ots=SrKjMFBExF&sig=6tZfzkttgDXS6ccZa_7_bRnrAKM#v=onepage&q=%22alpha%20male%22%20&f=false</ref><ref>http://www.successfulexecutive.com.au/files/r0405c-pdf-eng.pdf</ref><ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1097184X07313357</ref><ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886907000955</ref> | ||
High-ranking males, such as kings or other leaders have been considered as alpha males in academic publications,<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Denise_Cummins/publication/228380735_Dominance_status_and_social_hierarchies/links/0c9605272d5c4810c5000000/Dominance-status-and-social-hierarchies.pdf</ref> | High-ranking males, such as kings or other leaders have been considered as alpha males in academic publications,<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Denise_Cummins/publication/228380735_Dominance_status_and_social_hierarchies/links/0c9605272d5c4810c5000000/Dominance-status-and-social-hierarchies.pdf</ref> as well as males with high sexual success. Sometimes ''alpha traits'' refer to traits associated with human male sexual success such as masculinity and extroversion.<ref>https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/697086v1.abstract</ref> | ||
as well as males with high sexual success. | |||
Sometimes ''alpha traits'' refer to traits associated with human male sexual success such as masculinity and extroversion.<ref>https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/697086v1.abstract</ref> | |||
===David Mech "Alpha wolf" retraction=== | ===David Mech "Alpha wolf" retraction=== | ||
While the notion of a human alpha male has a sporadic amount of academia associated, the concept is much more rooted in [[PUA]] figures such as [[RooshV]] and [[Vox Day]], making it dubious to those who think [[PUA]]s are wrong. Critics of dominance hierarchy theory in humans point usually point to the person who coined the term, "Alpha", scientist David Mech, who said that his concept of an, "alpha wolf", was inaccurate due to further research and analysis. | While the notion of a human alpha male has a sporadic amount of academia associated, the concept is much more rooted in [[PUA]] figures such as [[RooshV]] and [[Vox Day]], making it dubious to those who think [[PUA]]s are wrong. Critics of dominance hierarchy theory in humans point usually point to the person who coined the term, "Alpha", scientist David Mech, who said that his concept of an, "alpha wolf", was inaccurate due to further research and analysis. | ||