• Phegan@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Real alpha males don’t exist. The study on wolves having alphas have been proven wrong my most.othet subsequent studies.

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        5 months ago

        Well…

        Alpha wolves definitely don’t exists, but there is support for “alpha” behaviour in primates, particularly chimpanzees.

        “Alpha” is still a stupid and harmful idea, but it’s not without precedent.

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          They also found in other chimpanzees that alphas don’t exist. I think we are both in agreement that it’s a stupid construct to apply to humans though.

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      And the biggest badasses I know also drive some of the crappiest cars and such too.

      When more hilariously, here in Australia, I do a lot of hiking and such, and the badasses these days tend to be women. There’s a lot of macho guys who talk big, but I’ve done some scary hikes with elderly women and a woman with Parkinson’s.

      The guys and women i.know who do the most crazy stuff also tend to be the most friendly people