What does Paul Elam, possibly the most influential man in the modern men's rights movement, ACTUALLY have to say about "alpha males?" This.

baskandpurr · 2014-05-25T00:39:12+00:00

how we fostered and enabled it with masculine codes of conduct

Paul Elam might have fostered this idea of masculinity but it has nothing to do with me. I don't support it, I don't act within it and I don't want to be part of it. As far as this topic goes, I am not part of that we, I never was and I never will be.

It's the creation feminism, TRP and PUA. If those people want to continue fighting over it, like neanderthal society its based in, good luck to them. It's nothing to do with me.

timoppenheimer · 2014-05-25T19:23:29+00:00

I love this piece, and it is a major reason why I don't condemn Elam, as many others do.

2014-05-25T09:57:47+00:00

As much as feminists love to act as if MRAs and Red Pillers are responsible for this particular idea, the popularization of the 'Alpha Male' formulation can be laid at the feet of Democratic Consultant (and feminist) Naomi Wolf, who used the term during the 2000 election.

While she herself claims to have used the term only once and in passing, numerous news reports at the time indicate otherwise, and this appears to be an attempt to distance herself from the term after the fact.

The term itself comes from zoological research on wolves in captivity that was discredited over a decade before Wolf ever opened her mouth to speak it.

Title	What does Paul Elam, possibly the most influential man in the modern men's rights movement, ACTUALLY have to say about "alpha males?" This.
Author	johnmarkley
Upvotes	10
Comments	3
Date	May 24, 2014 11:45 PM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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