My complaint with the whole “alpha” and “beta” terminology is that it doesn’t seem to be derived from canine social structure. The omega rank seems more appropriate to what PUAs call “beta.”
Reading more, it doesn’t seem like any of these terms are accurate even to canine society. They were based on observing unrelated gray wolves kept together in captivity, where their social structures bore little resemblance to their normal groupings in the wild (a breeding pair and their cubs). More accurate terms for would be “parents” and “offspring”, which match nicely to human families but aren’t that useful for picking up women in bars.
My complaint with the whole “alpha” and “beta” terminology is that it doesn’t seem to be derived from canine social structure. The omega rank seems more appropriate to what PUAs call “beta.”
Reading more, it doesn’t seem like any of these terms are accurate even to canine society. They were based on observing unrelated gray wolves kept together in captivity, where their social structures bore little resemblance to their normal groupings in the wild (a breeding pair and their cubs). More accurate terms for would be “parents” and “offspring”, which match nicely to human families but aren’t that useful for picking up women in bars.
We hope.