Sol-2-Soul Sunday #80: Abundance Year Episode 1934

Full Metal Ox Day 1869
Sunday 12, April 2026
Abundance Year Episode 1934
Noxsoma Life Camp:
Sol-2-Soul Sunday #80

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The Sigma Stigma
Trying to save the Wellness Industrial Complex.

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The Sigma Enigma
Several years back, when we were but a lurker in the Stack, we discussed the phenomenon of, “that which does not exist, yet does.” Only in a simulation could such a concept manifest. There are many examples. Introverts & Extroverts. Alpha males & Sigma males and even, my personal favorite, because I made it up in the spirit of self-programming, the “Iota Male.” (I’m genuinely surprised that this one didn’t catch on.)
In 2021 yours truly, quasi-embraced the “Sigma Male” identity, (see today’s episode), but soon realized it was bunkum. What drew me in was the description. I was like, “Yo, that’s me!” I still believe I have some of those qualities. Indeed, the qualities are honest. Lots of guys have them. Qualities and characteristics are embedded like our light. They appear differently according to various situations and are interpreted variously by other humans depending on their biases and prejudices.
For today’s companion audio, we are going to look at the Greek Alphabet and how it came to capture the egos of weak and insecure men.
Just like the non-existent “bird flu” the “alpha” concept jumped from chickens, to humans, by way of wolves and apes.
Contrary to popular belief, the term "Alpha" was not originally used to describe wolves. It was first used to describe chickens.

In the 1920s and 1930s, zoologist Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe observed dominance hierarchies in chickens, coining the phrase "pecking order." He designated the top bird as "Alpha," which could peck all others without retaliation, and the lowest as "Omega," which could peck none. This "alpha" label was simply a letter used to denote the first position in a linear hierarchy.

From the 1940s to 1990s, the "Alpha" concept was applied to wolves, however this was based on flawed research. (Surprise!)

In the 1940s, researcher Rudolf Schenkel observed wolves in captivity and described a "top male" and "top female" fighting for dominance. Biologist L. David Mech popularized the "alpha wolf" idea in his 1970 book, The Wolf.

However in the 1990s into the 2000s, when Mech later studied wild wolves, he discovered the truth. Wild packs are families, led by breeding parents (mom and dad), not aggressive "alphas" who fought their way to the top. The dominance battles he saw were an artifact of captivity, where unrelated wolves are forced together. Think prisoners of war. NATO troops from different countries. Mech has spent decades trying to get his original book out of print. Nonetheless, the alpha wolf myth persists, because those who identify themselves as such, want, not only to believe it, but live it.

The Jump to Humans (1980s-2000s)
The leap from animal behavior to human men, began, not surprisingly in the 1980s, (think Boomers), through primatology and popular media.

Primatologist Frans de Waal published Chimpanzee Politics (1982), which drew explicit parallels between power struggles in a chimpanzee colony and human political maneuvering. This was a key step in applying "alpha" language to humans.

In the 1990s, media outlets began labeling successful business leaders as "alpha males." The term truly exploded in 1999 when Time Magazine reported that a feminist political strategist for Al Gore, Naomi Wolf, (how ironic), argued Gore was a "Beta male" who needed to challenge the "Alpha male" (George W Bush), for the Oval Office. Neil Strauss's 2005 bestseller The Game, about pickup artists, cemented "alpha" as an aspirational ideal for men seeking romantic success.

Through the Greek Alpha to Omega

From this flawed and misunderstood foundation, an entire Greek-lettered hierarchy for men was constructed online.

The "Beta". Originally the subordinate male in animal studies, "beta" became a pejorative online for men seen as weak, submissive, or easily exploited by women. Al Gore, the original “beta” proved his beta-hood when he submitted to the fraudulent election results of Y2K. The cost was irredeemable.
The "Sigma" (2010, which we will dive into soon), was coined in a 2010 blog-post by a blogger writing as “Vox Day”. He defined The Sigma Male, as a "lone wolf"—a man with the traits of an alpha but who exists outside the social hierarchy, not seeking validation.
The "Omega" (2021). While "omega" was used as the lowest rank in animal studies, it gained new life online as the opposite of "alpha", a socially awkward, low-status man who is overlooked by women.

Don’t tell your Alpha boyfriend he’s a chicken and his entire identity structure, or aspirations are a fantasy. While “alpha’s” per se, do not exist, there are positive, successful, admirable, masculine, (and even a little less than macho-stereotypical), Men still on the scene. Usually not so much in the “man-o-sphere.”

Now let’s take a closer look at Sigma Males. First of all, it’s a fantasy. It has no basis on observation, psychology, (thank god), pecking orders, or eugenics.

Like money, the Sigma Male was conjured from the frustrated psyche of a so-called “far-right” blogger and activist called Vox Day, aka, Theodore Robert Beale Beale introduced the Sigma concept in a blog post titled "Explaining Sigma. Again," published on May 26, 2010.
Crickets.
The term remained relatively obscure for several years within man-o-sphere and fringe online communities.
In 2014, Plastic surgeon John T. Alexander published a book titled “The Sigma Male: What Women Really Want.” Basically, this is a self-help book focused on saving marriages and improving heterosexual relationships.
The central premise is that modern men have been misinformed about what women truly want in a relationship, leading to widespread marital strife. The book argues that neither the dominant "Alpha" male nor the sensitive, "Modern" man can provide what women are looking for. Instead, it proposes a third option: the "Sigma Male." The book uses a central metaphor where a woman's stress, fears, and troubles are represented as "dragons." The man's primary responsibility is to act as the "Dragonslayer", to take on and solve these problems for her.
Presumably the “Hero” is neither eaten by the dragon or betrayed by the damsel, who sees a better future with a dragon. Women are funny like that.

From 2017-2018, the designation began gaining traction on that arbiter of popular culture, YouTube.
A viral tweet, (2021, Covid-era), by Kiwi, non-binary YouTuber Lily Simpson, asking "What the fuck is going on with men," alongside Sigma Male infographics, brought the term to mainstream attention.

From that point the fantasy personality, dragonslayer archetype, seems to have fizzled. Out. It took masculinity along with it. In fact, masculinity became so toxic that a significant number of Men up and quit the gender, became women and found stardom & fulfillment competing against women in sports, fashion-modeling and selling beer.
When something doesn’t exist, there are no solid lines to describe it. Are Sigma men rebels? Under-cover alphas? Distraught betas? Effeminate empaths? Lone wolves, or just lonely? Angry? Confused? Radicalized? The definition is up for grabs. Who ever can capture and popularize this term can write his own ticket. He, or she, can own it. Define and refine the characteristics. Enforce the brand through “oaths,” like the Boy Scouts of America. Write a book. Build a podcast. And do a lot of damage. Or, in a post everything-sucks-world, they could do a lot of good.

Let’s be optimistic for a change.

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