“... they are the ones women usually want to get married to”.
Wow.. do I disagree with you on that one! The women I know.. most of my female gal pals on FR... adore Alpha real men. Perhaps we have a disagreement with definition. I say an alpha male is a man who is all man, loves God/country/family, and doesn’t cry when he gets a splinter. A beta watches chick flicks (because he really likes them), uses more hair products than I do (and that’s not an easy feat), and whines about having a rough day/cutting the grass or anything else that doesn’t go his way.
Alpha males tend to be the guys who are bigger and stronger than other males. They are the more attractive males, because they are the more physically capable male and are often more confident of themselves. When not God led, they tend to have more sexual partners than other males. They often play the field and sire more children, without being a father to those children. When women cheat in their marriages, it will often be with this sort of male.
Beta males tend to not be as strong or as physically capable, but they will often share more of the homelife responsibilities. Because they will take on more of the homelife, women will be more attracted to this sort of male for childrearing responsibilities. The beta male will take the tradeoff of accepting more of an equal marriage in order to be a father and husband.
Mom, Jonty is referencing the theory that a woman is genetically predisposed to seek out the strongest male to father her baby (Alpha male) and yet also to seek out the male most likely to protect and provide for her baby and not run off (Beta male).