Do you believe in Alpha Males?

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  1. hannibal

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    Do you think some men are naturally alpha males or do you think anyone can be an alpha male depending on point in time?
     
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    I think the term alpha male is most definitely situational and unlike wolf packs, alpha males can quickly be turned into beta with a small change in the situational dynamic. I will use my own experience, I work with senior leaders in government where rank and protocol matter. It is easy for me to enter a space as the alpha male because I carry the weight of our government but that quickly changes when someone enters the space that outranks me or anytime an Ambassador enters the room. Boom, I take my place as a beta. The same can be attributed to men in the regular world, you may be the alpha one minute and beta the next.

    Men don't have a total monopoly on the alpha status I don't think that position necessarily has a gender or can be gendered.
     
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    That's an interesting subject. There may be psychological and biological aspects to "alpha maleness", i.e. the dominant male in a given group of males, but I wonder how much is natural and and how much is social deference (males letting other males take lead not out of weakness, but because they don't want to be bothered/burdened with leadership roles.

    Using geek references, one might be a natural alpha but let some other dude think he's the alpha; for example, Kirk and Spock. Kirk is the assumed alpha, but Trekkers know that Spock is actually the smartest and physically strongest dude on the Enterprise. He just didn't give a fuck about being "the leader", he can take it or leave it. And can you be an alpha male if there are no other males or you're a loner? (Logan/Wolverine types). What's the dif between masculine and alpha? I would think they aren't the same. Even given a group of stereotypical fems at a brunch, one of them is probably the alpha in the group for whatever reason.
     
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    I think people think masculinity and alpha maleness go hand in hand, but that's not the case.
     
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