What It Is, and What It Aint: Alpha, Beta, Etc.

Mamasan | Bossmen, Clearing the Air, Joe Average, Mr. Strangelove, Understanding Men | Saturday, 03 January 2009

Recently, a commenter said something that indicated confusion about
what Alpha and beta status is.  Because these terms are so commonly misused or used as insults or compliments in the wrong context, I thought it wise to clear things up.  Readers of this site should not be confused.

Alpha is a term in biology that is used to describe the one who is the highest ranking in a particular group.  He or she is the one the others defer to, and he has the greatest access to the group’s resources.  This individual can be male or female.  The alpha female is not necessarily
the counterpart of the alpha male.  Some animals, such as the hyena, have an alpha female, and no alpha male.  Male hyenas rank lower than the lowest ranking female by default.  Some animals have what’s called an alpha pair, and they share dominance over their group.
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Scoring for Women Part 1

Mamasan | Bossmen, Joe Average, Mr. Strangelove, Understanding Men | Friday, 26 December 2008

Scoring, or “closing the deal” is different for women than it is for
men.  Since the male PUA basically ignores the different types of
women and the actual reality of what they can and do get away with, for them, it means getting laid.  For the female PUA it means being taken seriously.  It’s getting to the point where you’ve captured the guy’s interest as more than a shag.  The sex is sometimes a means to that end, but it is not the real challenge.  It probably should be the same for men, but we live in a time when far too women are materialistic and shallow themselves, so the pool of candidates that are not interchangeable is smaller than it used to be.

In order to increase the effectiveness of your game (not deception, just slang for social interaction in a romantic context), after knowing what kind of man it is you want, and knowing what kind of man you’re dealing with, you want to know what scoring with him means. (more…)