"(referring to alpha male) In western cultures, the term is somewhat pejorative and describes a man who is overly masculine to the point of arrogance and cold-heartedness."
Interesting statement. Could this perjorative have arisen from the fringes of the feminist movement?
"I just wanted to have similar term/meaning behind the words alpha, beta, and omega males so we all have some common/similar understanding of the terms."
I agree. So I propose the following. If people don't want these terms because they are not true to the meaning in some way, we can switch to something else.
Alpha: "perfect" mix of confident and caring, aggressive when he needs to be, nurturing and understanding when appropriate, but avoids placating and supplicating as counter to his nature. Marked by confident leadership in most situations Beta: Overly nurturing. Sacrifices his own needs for the needs of the partner almost every time. Marked by excessive placating and supplicating behavior Omega: Overly confident and aggressive. Unyielding and overly selfish in demands that his needs or POV be dominant. Marked by aggressive, blustering behavior.
Of course there are gray areas between, or you can deconstruct an extended encounter with certain exchanges being more alpha while others are more beta or omega.
I hope this isn't coming across too clinical. I don't feel as if one should have some flowchart of alpha male behavior running through their head during marital encounters. Its just that if you see and understand enough examples of situations and the different responses, it can become natural to you to BE more "alpha" in your behavior.
Chrome
"Recollect me darlin, raise me to your lips, two undernourished egos, four rotating hips"
