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BETA MALENESS [1 record]

Record 1 1999-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
CONT

The most controversial bit of advice Naomi Wolf gave Al Gore was that he shed his Beta male persona in order to successfully usurp the Alpha male now in the White House. Gore's problem is now trying to sell himself as a powerful, deminant, controlled super-male. If Gore really were an Alpha male, he wouldn't need to pay someone $15,000 a month to tell him so, and, ironically, he would'nt have been a good vice-president. What he should be doing is embracing his Beta-maleness and selling it as a welcome alternative to seven years of Alpha male weenive-rule.

Key term(s)
  • Alpha maleness
  • Beta maleness
  • Beta male
  • Beta male persona

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
OBS

Mâle dominant, viril, autoritaire, dans la typologie de N. Wolf, militante féministe.

Key term(s)
  • mâle bêta
  • personnalité bêta
  • personnalité de type bêta

Spanish

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