Originally posted by: DelusionsOfNeha
Unpopular but the actual way Alphas behave, comes from a study of wolves, shows they're the leader of their packs, who make sure none of their pack member goes hungry and take care of them at all times, basically the DAD™ of the group. So the Alpha males have to be caring, nurturing and ready to fight for their pack/family and not hurt their loved ones 😆
Alpha/beta/omega behaviour is how wolves respond to captivity, when they are forced to share territory with unrelated wolves. Humans impose the need for social ranks upon captive wolves, domesticated dogs, and other humans. David Mech, the researcher whose early studies got extrapolated into the popular concept of alpha males and females, tried to correct it later (“Dominance fights with other wolves are rare, if they exist at all. During my 13 summers where I observed the pack, I saw none”), but accuracy doesn't sell as well as romance.
You can read about it at sciencenorway.no/ulv in an article marked "wolf-packs-dont-actually-have-alpha-males-and-alpha-females-the-idea-is-based-on-a-misunderstanding/1850514"
In nature, wolf packs consist of mom and dad, pups, and occasionally juveniles. For the first couple of weeks after pups are born, mom nurses and dad regurgitates food for everyone, but after that, mom and dad take turns, each protecting the pups while the other scavenges or hunts.
Misogynistic heroes on Indian TV who degrade and discard women have nothing in common with male wolves, who are monogamous and responsible.
Wolves have always been misunderstood. In the story of Kṛṣṇa producing wolves from his body to terrorize his community, they are said to be in packs of five, ten, thirty, twenty, or even a hundred (Harivaṃśa 52.32) and killing boys and cattle from every house ... not how real wolves behave!
Kṛṣṇa in Mahābhārata could be called an alpha male hero. He gets the honour of first arghya because all of the assembled kings have been defeated by him in battle (Sabhāparvan 35.8). Legends of Kṛṣṇa as a romantic hero have evolved from Kṛṣṇa humiliating kings by hitching them to his and the Gāndhāra princess's bridal chariot and whipping them (Droṇaparvan 10.10-11) ... to Kṛṣṇa being enough for his collection of 16,100 women ... to adolescent Kṛṣṇa keeping one girlfriend waiting while he gets busy with another. These fantasies had countless authors over the centuries, some male (e.g. Jayadeva) and some female (e.g. Muddupalānī), and their enduring appeal suggests that the audience accepted a man's dominance over rival men and indifference to a multitude of women as a mark of superhuman or even divine nature.
I'm not familiar with any of the alpha male examples from TV/movies in this thread. Instead, I'll share the example of Ranavijay Gayakwad from the Marathi daily drama Tujhyāta Jīva Raṅgalā. Ranavijay was the best wrestler in his village, and if he endorsed an agricultural product, everyone would buy it. When Ranavijay lost a bout with Bhalya, everyone was in denial, including Bhalya. They wanted to declare him the winner anyway. The idea of the alpha male Ranada becoming the loser who has to wash everyone's briefs was unbearable to everyone ... except Rana, who was a good sport. Around the time when this story played out, Tujhyāta Jīva Raṅgalā was the most watched program in Maharashtra.
Edited by BrhannadaArmour - 1 years ago
comment:
p_commentcount