Posted by fschmidt on
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The technical definition of these terms refer to positions in the male hierarchy, not any intrinsic qualities of each male.  Of course certain qualities can predispose a male to certain positions.  Being tall may be helpful for an alpha.  Being loyal would be helpful to a beta or co-alpha.  And being a smooth talker would be helpful to an omega.  I made up the concept of co-alpha because the position of a group of males cooperatively dominating a group doesn't fit into any of the normal male hierarchy positions and is unique to humans.  But like the other terms, co-alpha is a position.  So men here in the CoAlpha Brotherhood are presumably men who are predisposed to the co-alpha position.  And since this position doesn't exist in our society, we need to create or find a subculture where it does exist so that we can occupy the position that we are best suited for.