cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/26908581
There’s no such thing as an “alpha male.” It’s a false myth with no bases in biology or science. That fact, however, hasn’t stopped the pseudoscience behind a natural dominance hierarchy among men from spreading like a virus through our media culture.
Since bell hooks’ book is mentionned, I thought of adding a link to listen and/or download it.
Thanks. I agree this video was good, just not quite what I was looking for.
I think the issue is that while the wolf stuff is well debunked at this point, the myth has grown well beyond wolves at this point and is widely assumed to be part of human nature.
I haven’t seen a great debunking alpha social dynamics in specifically humans. If anyone has one, please share.
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The closest thing I could find (so far) is around primatologist Frans de Waal who
I’ve only seen the following 2 videos. I can’t say I was super-thrilled, but I understood how the alpha male narrative jumped in a distorted way from chimps to humans.