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So are "qualities" that predispose a male to certain positions behavioral or genetic?

This seems genetic:

fschmidt wrote

Being tall may be helpful for an alpha.

These look behavioral:

fschmidt wrote

Being loyal would be helpful to a beta or co-alpha.

 

fschmidt wrote

And being a smooth talker would be helpful to an omega.

I can't make myself "taller", short of cosmetic surgery. I can however choose how loyal or smooth of a talker I am.

I suspect even within many favorable religious cultures discussed here, there's men whom are of higher and lower positions within their community that are no different than alpha, beta, omega. Structured life styles may limit the disparity between these positions, so as to soften the blow for losers and not allow a winners to take all environment. But the natural order is still there all the same. The natural order will always rule supreme if genetic qualities like size, weight and height take precedence over behavioral qualities.