content: Ok and another thing: so called "beta male" behavior is everywhere. Like all over the place it seems like most of the men I've interacted with have at one point or another "acted like betas" -- pining after such and such girl or getting the cold shoulder etc. You hear lots of stories from women about "creepy men" constantly messaging them. Now, I'm starting to think that this was literally the default state of man, like holy shit this makes too much sense. This was how men actually used to court women, and what's happening is that this is simply being misunderstood as some sort of immoral or abnormal behavior. No, it's here with us today because that's what worked in the past. And, given the right context, this normal behavior could make one the alpha dog or the second fiddle, depending on how well he did it. In the context of Victorian England, two "nice guys" who obsess and pine over a woman would compete with one another over a woman. In the context of the Jersey Shore Boardwalk in 2019, a "nice guy" is an aberration, weirdo in comparison to a cool, relaxed chad who simply ignores the woman. Natural selection is able to make massive changes over a short period of time, depending on the circumstances, and that's what we are seeing today.