The Alpha-Male is chosen for his attractiveness, and is basically a mating machine. The Alpha plays no role in child-rearing, bread-winning, or security of the family unit, and thus his dominant trait is raw physical attractiveness. Alphas are arrogant, lazy, and self-indulgent, with the temperament of a small child. In a typical harem, the Alpha male makes daily rounds to one or more (sometimes all) Female/Beta-Male households, based on his own unpredictable whims.
