What would be your definition of an alpha man?

[Zelk]

Adam is the first man, the alpha

[Witchblade77]

A man who is comfortable in his own skin, one who does not need manufactured labels to feel strong. SO, any one saying they are an "Alpha male" is not one.

this basically.

a man who can and does take charge if necessary but doesn't feel the need to always be in charge, someone who has no need to prove anything to anyone, someone who gets shit done becasue it needs to be done, not becasue they are expecting praise for it. honestly, IMO a good example of an alpha man is Dwayne Johnson. dude is very masculine, but he is also humble, is not afraid to laugh at himself, gets shit done, doesn't feel insecure about expressing emotion, but doesn't let it overpower him either, just all around chill dude that you would trust to have your back when shit goes south.

what alpha man is NOT is someone who feels the need to macho posture or rejects superficial things like I don't know.. styles of music, or clothing colors or "girly" hobbies, becasue they think its not manly to like them. if you think about whether something comes across as manly to other people before deciding whether you can do it or not? you are NOT an alpha man.

using alpha here as a societal rather then anthropological definition.

[HumbleDuck]

Ooker Dooker

[Mormolyce]

A beta is a guy who talks about alpha males a lot.

For real though, they don't exist even among dogs, let alone humans.

[Queen of Hamsters]

Nope. WRONG. Lot's of primates have matriarchal societies.

I said "many", not "ALL", genius.

[Dwarfhamster]

There is nothing ridiculous.

Considering how many people are pointing out how the idea is entirely stupid and doesn't actually exist, yes the OP is ridiculous.

[Sky High]

in the context of modern human society they simply do not exist nor have any reason to. as far as I care to describe an Alpha male it's someone who is a slave to the concept of hierarchies where they get to be the one on top any everyone else is beneath them. that worked in the cave man era but in today's world a leader who is diplomatic gets way further in life than simply "bossing" people around.

[Uncle]

Considering how many people are pointing out how the idea is entirely stupid and doesn't actually exist, yes the OP is ridiculous.

Considering you have clearly poor reading skills, i am not surprised you are being judgemental. It is not like i already said several times that i didn't care if the concept was real or not, but what people though about the concept if it existed, oh wait, i did !

[Deleted]

Someone who urinates on others to show dominance, right?

[MechaCThun]

Easy:

It's the Chad versus Timothy argument.

[helebelemon]

I thought alpha males was a buzzword used by the lefties to put down any man who showed excess testosterone.

I'd argue that it's a buzzword by men who aspire to be people they are not and (mostly) other men who sell their snake oil very well.

Self improvement, I guess...

[Phryx]

Who can lead a group successfully and has a lot of selfknowlegde.

[Farrarie]

who is brave and have authority on himself and others
usually stronger, smarter and more successful than others
people follow him
he follow himself
people respect or fear him
like to dominate instead of getting dominated

[Chinese Bootlickers]

One that is comfortable in his own skin.

[zEmini]

SOYBOY is exactly the kind of insults that SCREAMS ''extremely insecure dude''.

I am pretty sure that is exactly what a soy boy would say.

[Shadowferal]

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!

[Natta Lmo]

i dont think that exists in humans...

[Dwarfhamster]

Considering you have clearly poor reading skills, i am not surprised you are being judgemental. It is not like i already said several times that i didn't care if the concept was real or not, but what people though about the concept if it existed, oh wait, i did !

I can read just fine, as can the other people that criticized the concept of "alpha male" as misplaced, misused, and incorrect. We just don't care that you want to limit the discussion to "what people though about the concept if it existed" because that question itself is invalid.

[druenos]

There is no such thing, we are not dogs lol

[Projectmars]

Someone that exudes a sense of unshakable confidence, does what's right, and is a natural leader.

I'm going to go with Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson)'s idea of a real man.

Isn't your avatar from Legend of Koizumi?