Within popular culture, there is no shortage of references to "alpha males." Plenty of books advise men on how to become one, and an abundance of movies depict their purportedly fabulous lives. From ...

Dominique Strauss-Kahn may have been a serious contender for the French Presidency last week but today looks like something out of a French farce. In the real world, sexual abuse of women is no ...

It’s stressful at the top, at least for male baboons, according to a new study that finds that alpha males — those at the pinnacle of the social hierarchy — are significantly more stressed out than a ...

Observations of “alpha male” behavior among apes — including some of humans’ closest relatives in the animal kingdom — have helped shape the archetype of the dominant male into a controversial ...

A bullshit concept from the incel world has been leaking into mainstream culture, so it’s time we explain. I’m talking about the idea of a “sigma male,” who supposedly exists in relation to “alpha” ...

A recently published meta-analysis in the journal PLOS One found that women have historically been hunters. The longstanding myth of hunters versus gatherers, that only men take down large game while ...

The mosquito may be the most dangerous animal in the world due to being the vector of so many dangerous bacteria and viruses. But by far the most dangerous mammal in the world is the human male, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about leadership in a startup environment. The notion of the “alpha” personality, identified long ago by experts in animal ...