


Reality is far less Huxleyan: not only do humans not operate like this, but neither do the wolf packs these men believe their philosophy is based on.Įven within the misogynist parameters of the belief system, the classifications are misguided. Finally, there are the omegas, who have literally no hope of it and should be avoided at all costs as possibly dangerous social pariahs. Below the alphas are the beta and delta males, aka “normal dudes” next come the gammas, who have virtually no hope of ever sleeping with a woman. Supposedly, if you’re an alpha male, for example, then you’re a confident, charismatic leader a ladykiller who excels at everything he does. In the manosphere, these Greek letters supposedly mark a man’s status in some social and sexual hierarchy – you can kind of think of it as like a star sign, or one of those Buzzfeed quizzes that tells you which European pastry best represents your personality, but for incels. Unlike certain other corners of the web where such terms might be used, though, these labels refer to ideas way more toxic than your preferred slash fic dynamics.
