Most of the alpha women go for the most masculine man. The most masculine man does not have to be an alpha. Also within the alpha and beta dynamic the roles are not fixed. If you have 5 beta men in a social group, one is going to rise to alpha until another alpha comes along to challenge them. When it comes to women though, that alpha has the same chance as the betas. If anything an alpha has more problems with women. Yes, a woman will be attracted to an alpha but if the alpha abuses his power and is not fair to the betas, he will be dismissed. Alphas have the most pressure to be fair. Probably the reason why frat boys and bros get laid a lot but don't really get respected by women. To be the most masculine, you have to be the most respected.

With respect, that actually wasn't my take on Blackdragon's article at all. He actually does point out that Blackdragonette would in fact marry a Beta but still bang Alphas on the side- which means that Blackdragonette would actively seek out men of lower socio-sexual status in order to fulfill her own primary objectives. There is nothing wrong with this as far as I'm concerned, it's just What Women Do.

I think the writer underestimates what a woman's true strength is in life. It isn't her looks. Looks only get you in the door. A woman's true strength is her emotions.

Truth.

Personally I think the only area where Blackdragon sort of stumbled a bit was in leaving out the emotional factor. I'm not surprised that he did. He's a very rational, very strong and successful guy writing from a male point of view. We blokes simply don't see the world emotionally- not nearly as emotionally as women do, anyway. So it is very very difficult for any one of us to step into a woman's head and turn that chaotic emotional landscape into something meaningful that the logic-driven male psyche can tolerate.

I think the writer underestimates what a woman's true strength is in life. It isn't her looks. Looks only get you in the door. A woman's true strength is her emotions. There is nothing that would break a man's resolve quicker that a woman who admires him or a woman who cries in front of him. Both have the ability to take the most good looking masculine man and turn him into a bumbling idiot lost for words. There is no defense system built into men to guard against a woman's emotion.

I think the biggest problem women have today stem from not using their emotions. And I don't mean in a manipulative way. Somewhere down the line women thought the best route was trying to be more logical like men and competing with them. Now most women don't trust their intuition or have a good grasp on their emotions. Which turn them into being more illogical and on the crazy side often. Those women who do know how to use their emotional side tend to be unstoppable.