Who is an alpha male? Is this what you call a total man in all true meanings?
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Is this a man with machismo or a male who displays his being gigolo?Where are all these millennium terminology coming from? Or are we losing the real meaning of a man?Who is he by the way?Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh……………….
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Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet, so it is frequently used to mean top dog, or number one. It is why the most important male in an animal herd or group is called the alpha male.
IT is not what I call a total man. A total man in all true meanings is bunk. Or, to put it more politely, it is some imagined ideal to which NO man should aspire, except for fans of Marabel Morgan (the author of the very sexist book, a total woman.) You create a staw man argument with machisimo vs gigolo. A human being is a thousand thousand times more fascinating than any "real man" image.
But if you want to have an ideal for a man, then take Rudyard Kipling’s poem, if.
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!
Alpha male is a leader, the strongest.
Maybe this will help………
An alpha male is the top-ranking animal in a social group. Some animals live in a social structure where the more powerful male in the group is decided by either simple play-fights or even very aggressive battles. The current alpha male must defend his ranking from younger members. When he is too old or not strong enough to win, he loses his position in the group.
The result of this is that the alpha male usually has more opportunity to mate with the available females. This system evolved because strong males will produce young which have a better chance for survival.
Some animal groups which may have alpha males
Dogs, wolves
Large cats, like lions
Apes and gorillas
Alpha male can also refer to an aggressive, highly-ranked man in a human group – usually in a business setting. This is usually a very informal use, and sometimes seen as an insult to that person.
A term originating from the animal kingdom, in which some species arrange individuals into a ranked order. For example in wolves, the pack order is split into two chains of command, one chain for the male, and one for the female. At the top of each chain is the ‘Alpha’ animal, and at the lowest of the chain is the ‘omega’ animal.
Thus, the position of ‘Alpha Male’ means the male in charge of all the other males in his social group.
This position can be seen being fought for, for example in school, by way of social interactions, group contests, or simply fighting to determine who is the ‘hardest’.
The position of Alpha Male is seen as one of the most socially desirable (in wolves as well as humans) as having it enables a male to make decisions about how their social group/pack is run, to exact submission and obedience from subordinates, and generally to control things and boss others around at will. The power of the alpha male is matched only by that of the alpha female, who is just as in control as the alpha male is. Though in human society, individual ego and desire for authority often exclude the possibility of a partnership at the top. Humans seem to have a remarkable tendency for aggregating ultimate authority to one (usually male) person.
Little has changed from wolves to humans in this regard; humans still fight for the dominant position, but unlike wolves (continuing the example), who challenge for dominance and alpha status nonviolently using visual, auditory and smell clues, humans often get in bloody, protracted, and vicious fights/wars to determine who is the most powerful, and hence can dominate the rest of the pack. This can be regarded as one of the great failings of humanity, the desire for dominance and control and doing things one’s own way destroying social ties to the extent fighting is necessary to enforce a social order, and that fighting actively harms, even kills, members of that social order.
The term originally was used to describe the lead wolf
in a "pack" of wolves, which usually meant that he was
the bravest and most aggresive one. Think of how
in the past this has been translated…
"Wolf Whistle" — An aggresive whistle aimed at a female.
Also, a man who "stalks" a female is called a "Wolf"