My favorite part of "alpha/beta male" nonsense is the "sigma male" angle just blowing it all wide open. It's entirely just a bunch of insecure and awkward chauvinists trying to rationalize a set of "rules for manliness" and then plowing headfirst into how they aren't emotionally capable of being so assertive or are tangibly repulsive to everyone when they try so they had to extend the mythology to pretend that reclusive introverts can be cool too.
they really did just invent betas but good to explain why they can't get laid but aren't a loser
Alpha wolves don't actually exist. The scientist that made the wrong assumption fixed his error, but by that point it was too late.
buddy I pretend to be a wolf on the internet, of course I'm familiar with Dr Mech's work
