I’m really glad I’m not an alpha male.
As an alpha male you have a terrible time. You’re always stressed, always under pressure, always fighting to maintain your position in the hierarchy. Somebody’s always trying to steal your alpha female . You have to be butch and dominant all the time and keep people in their place; it’s really tiring. And you have to keep looking over your shoulder because somebody’s always about to stab you in the back or bite you in the bum or worse. It’s just not worth it.
I don’t even want to be a beta male; I’m happy as a regular member of the pack. I don’t get first pickings of life’s carcases (that’s a metaphor) but I get enough scraps to stay alive. It suits me to not be important enough to be worth challenging. I don’t have much of an inner wolf anyway, probably more of a miniature golden retriever.
Being a zeta male – that’s where I’m comfortable. Everyone has low expectations so nobody’s disappointed; what’s not to like about that?
So what about you? What’s your preferred position: alpha, beta, zeta… or status-non-binary?