Alpha male mentality.

I have been hearing a lot of talk about the Alpha male in human society again. It is actually a common topic of conversation among bar patrons. You can stand there and hear women talk about a guy with an "alpha" personality, or hear a guy talk about actually being the "alpha male" in his group of friends. The last one always amazes me because it seams that no one ever argues with that person, I guess that means he is the alpha of that particular pack. I knew when I started to think about this personality trait, that one day I would see the truth behind it. "Alpha male mentality is described in the dictionary thusly: "The dominant member in a group of men. Holds strong influence over group activities. Has priority pick when it comes to sex with women".So the first problem we must break down in this comment is the fact that people seem to think all men are created equal. That is not the truth, While biologically human, our race has as many subclasses as the animal kingdom. Have you ever walked by someone and think,"Wow, that guy has a horse face!" Horse face, beaver teeth, oddly insectoid in there nature, it is a fact that people resemble animals and in some instances, plants. So what does this have to do with the alpha male mystique? Well it's simple. If you look at natures hierarchy you will see that some animals are more dangerous than others. I know that is an obvious statement but it is important to note. In short that means that if an alpha beaver and an alpha wolf tangle, the outcome is pretty much a given. Now, when an alpha squirrel and an alpha rabbit clash, the conclusion is not so easy to see. There are, of course, free radicals in all things, say the alpha porcupine holds it's ground for a while against the top eagle in the aerie, there is a good chance the eagle will leave it alone, neither alpha wins, instead the call a draw. Free radicals and random equalizers are what humans call the law of any given Sunday. It means on a good day you can kick anyones ass and on a bad day it's best not to go out lest the paperboy houses you on the corner on account of a poor Christmas bonus. Now we get to the pack mentality, as I said before a wolf and beaver fight has a forgone conclusion. Now what happens in that same fight if the alpha beaver is simply distracting the wolf until the beta and the omega beavers can flank it and smack it in the back of the head with a pipe? Suddenly the tide turns toward a beaver win and can be bad for the wolf unless he was smart enough to call the pack on his cell phone and tell him what part of the forest he was near. But, unless a car full of wolves pulls up before it gets messy, there is a good chance that old wolfie will end up in the animal ER. It works much the same with people. My new hobby at work is trying to figure out which subclass each alpha fits into. No one will be surprised that there are several groups of people that would fall under the "pest" label yet, very few wolf or lion people. There is a guy downtown that I believe falls under the "moose" category and many, many sheep. Myself, I don't know what I am, I guess, being as anti-social as I am, it is hard to say. Many of my friends are as anti-social as me and have no chosen leader of any particular group of friends. Alpha sociopaths I suppose you could say we all are in a way and are only a few shots of whiskey away from sailing up and down the western coastline in search of pillage. None of that wussy loot or booty, not any of the pirate crap. I'm talking about good old Viking pillage and plunder.