The Alpha male is physically powerful, his goal dominance through acquisition and subsequent protection. Research has shown that, regardless of cultural background, a male who exhibits the traits of strong jaw, broad chin and imposing brow will be found attractive by females. His height and weight are visual clues to his genetic background, and to the positive environmental factors of his infancy and youth ([he] towered over her). Upper body strength as evidenced by wide shoulders, deep chest and well-toned musculature, proclaim him capable of success in gain through aggressive force, self-defense or the protection of what is 'his' (broad shoulders... great hand). Trim hips and long legs show the lower body strength that allows him to travel swift and long on foot, pointers to endurance. Most of these Alpha male traits are indicative of healthy levels of the male hormone, testosterone. Among his other features, the Alpha male is a born breeder.
jeni [email] said at 5:42 PM 09-19-2001: how to explain the popularity of pretty-boys like what-his-face (blanking on his first name since i'm not 14 and i dont have it etched in the margins of my notebooks) de caprio?
brandon [email] said at 6:38 PM 09-19-2001: ...remember all the hopla last year when a report was published - sensationalized by the claim - I'm not quoting - that women respond more to positively to Leo Dicaprio types, except when they're ovulating, then it's Mel Gibson.
mary [email] said at 6:47 PM 09-19-2001: Sociobiology usually just pisses me off. It's cultural policing disguising itself as science. Sociobiolgists try to pretend they are objective observers, but their arguments can be summed up as such: This is what humans have always done, so this is what humans should do. Any attempt to deviate from this is unnatural.
Hey Brandon, I like your nice, long legs. Pass me a tube of lipstick.
milky said at 11:58 PM 09-19-2001: Not necessarily. The alpha male definition is just an extrapolation of the way apes behave. Don't knock sociobiology until you've studied it.
mary [email] said at 12:37 AM 09-20-2001: Oh, I know. And I have studied it, actually. I used to be all into Desmond Morris. I think it has its applications, but mostly it is just another way for The Man to tell me I should wear high heels and lipstick.
milky said at 7:52 AM 09-20-2001: I put the definition up, specifically, to tell the The Man to fuck off. We really don't have to behave like gorillas anymore.
mary [email] said at 12:01 PM 09-20-2001: Yay! Hell, even gorillas don't have to behave like gorillas. Personally, I like the way the bonobos organize their societies. We should copy them instead.
mary [email] said at 12:31 PM 09-20-2001: Ha ha. Like he's the only one. The world is full of them. Look around! And they've all got girls. Maybe they are the new alphas! It'll be on the cover of Newsweek.
milk said at 12:34 PM 09-20-2001: Nah. We're all just Betas or former Alphas that realized being a Monkey-Man isn't all it's cracked up to be. There's always a bigger, more, well, assholish Ape around.
Brad said at 1:12 AM 09-20-2001: Who cares what's been defined by someone as being attractive? Just work with what you have, and fuck all of the statistics. Look at Shane McGowan and Joey Ramone -- hardly alpha males, but they've done fine in their sexual endeavors, I'm sure. In my experience, confidence and a relaxed attitude go a lot further than good looks.
PS-I've always wanted you to know that I've never harbored anything but good feelings for you, and I'm truly sorry for striking you that time. You did not deserve that at all.
anotherben said at 1:18 PM 09-20-2001: where do apathetic engineers with an affinity for the color orange and an extensive appreciation for the female aesthetic fit into the heirarchy?
mary [email] said at 1:48 AM 09-21-2001: In fact, why don't you email me and tell me more about yourself? I would start asking you questions on killoggs, but that ruins the threads.
The Dark Highlander said at 5:49 PM 01-07-2003: Alpha Females are attracted to Alpha Males. If you're a woman and not attracted to an Alpha, then, it most probably means you're a Beta female, and will like a Beta Male.
Someone wrote about liking a balding, 5'8"... you just don't get it. Alpha can be from physical looks, or status - Mick Jagger is probably under 5'7" is tiny and is ugly but his rock star status makes him alpha... Alpha can also be by personality type - a guy who's confident and assertive, takes charge... a leader. Napoleon is prime Alpha, physically he's nothing...
