The Alpha Male

Leave your additions or subtractions in the comments section. The alpha male is persistent.

The alpha male can defend himself and his family. He can handle himself with his fists, to put it another way. The alpha male is in peak physical shape. The alpha male is courageous.

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The alpha male can entertain. The alpha male has stories to tell. The alpha male can laugh at himself. This is an over-looked characteristic of an alpha male, but a ne. The alpha male is humble. Some of this comes from his ability to laugh at himself.

No matter what he accomplishes, his head will never balloon, and if it does, he has the ware-with-all to come back down to earth before it gets out of hand. The alpha male is learned, educated. He wants to learn, and he does. This helps him relate to people from every social and economic standing.

He can converse intelligently with the business man and the preacher. High-ranking females rarely interact sexually with other females, but low-ranking females interact sexually with all females. Gorillas use intimidation to establish and maintain alpha position. A study conducted regarding the reproductive behavior of male mountain gorillas Gorilla beringei beringei found further evidence that dominant males are favored to father offspring, even when there is a greater number of males in a notably enlarged group size. The study also concluded that mating access dropped off less steeply with status; alpha, beta , and gamma showing more similar mating success, compared to what had been previously thought.

A study on the association of alpha males and females during the non-breeding season in wild Capuchin monkeys Cebus apella nigritus examined whether alpha males are the preferred mate for females and, secondly, whether female-alpha status and relationship to the alpha-male can be explained through the individual characteristics and or social network of the female.

However, only the alpha females had strong interactions with the alpha males by virtue of a dominance hierarchy among the females in which only the most dominant and strong females were able to interact with the alpha male. Foster investigated primates and found that the leaders were more likely to be those who did more for those around them instead of being determined by strength. In the past, the prevailing view on grey wolf packs was that they consisted of individuals vying with each other for dominance, with dominant grey wolves being referred to as the "alpha" male and female, and the subordinates as "beta" and "omega" wolves.

This terminology was first used in by Rudolf Schenkel of the University of Basel , who based his findings on researching the behaviour of captive grey wolves. David Mech in his book The Wolf. He later found additional evidence that the concept of an Alpha male may have been an erroneous interpretation of incomplete data and formally disavowed this terminology in He explained that it was heavily based on the behavior of captive packs consisting of unrelated individuals, an error reflecting the once prevailing view that wild pack formation occurred in winter among independent gray wolves.

Later research on wild gray wolves revealed that the pack is usually a family consisting of a breeding pair and their offspring of the previous 1—3 years. In some other wild canids, the alpha male may not have exclusive access to the alpha female; [17] moreover, other pack members as in the African wild dog Lycaon pictus may guard the maternity den used by the alpha female.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other uses, see Alpha Wolf disambiguation. For the slang term, see Beta male slang. Behaving as badly or worse is never the right response. Set an example, whether they choose to follow it or not. Conversely, a morsel of positive interaction or feedback will sustain them for days, weeks, even months.

People may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. We forget who said that. Few people in life actively want to fail, whether in the office or on the five-a-side pitch.

So if somebody is struggling, balling them out like a homicidal drill sergeant is unlikely to elicit a miraculous uptick in performance. Recognise and respond to them and those, instead of reading from your script or playbook. Dig deeper and listen some more. Generally speaking, what people want is a sympathetic ear, not a smart mouth.

Which it usually does. If you fuck up, then own it, own up and apologise. We refer you back to Sylvia Plath: It also means doing your fair share of traditionally gendered roles like childcare, cooking, remembering birthdays, booking holidays.

You want to be an alpha male? Do the dishes and take the bins out without being asked, or expecting a medal or sex in return. Suck up any impact on your work like the newest Dyson, because she has to as well.

Rethinking The Alpha Male

You may think that bulging biceps or killer abs will make you more attractive , and well they might, from a distance. Read, watch and listen to things that give you stuff to talk about. Even better, ask people about their favourite conversation topic: