The Scientific Lie [Alpha Concept] That Damaged Generations of Men

From PBS.org:

“There’s a really powerful and sometimes dangerous idea that’s taken root in pop culture: the idea of the ‘alpha male’.  For decades, the idea of the all-powerful alpha male has dominated media. We’ve been told that in animals, and in human society, the toughest, the most aggressive top dog gets the power, the resources, the mates.

The alpha male is an idea that was born in real studies of animal behavior and biology in the lives and conflicts of social animals. Few scientific concepts have been so thoroughly absorbed by popular culture, but this idea has been so hugely misinterpreted and disconnected from what the science actually says.”

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