alpha fucks, beta bucks

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Women prefer sex with alpha males but are willing to use beta males as a source of financial support.

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Meanings

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  1. slangvulgarWomen prefer sex with alpha males but are willing to use beta males as a source of financial support.

    Be the guy who's large and in charge because alpha fucks, beta bucks yo.

    2018, Justin Jordan, Death Of Love #1
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    2018, Jennifer Wright, Why Incels Hate Women (from Harper's Bazaar Web site); quoted in: 2020, John Casperson, What If God Has a Vagina?: Why Eve Took the Rap Alphas are supposedly men who trigger lust in women, because women settle down with betas only because they offer financial stability. Or, as they pithily term it “alpha fucks, beta bucks.” When you look at the men who are labeled alphas and betas, though, you'll notice it gets weird in a way that might surprise you if you are a woman or a normal human.

    This gets into the Alpha-fucks-beta-bucks concept discussed in the previous chapter. As soon as you get to know a girl, she has designated you either as a nice guy who can provide emotional and (possibly) financial support, but isn't attractive to have sex with, or an Alpha whose clear purpose is only for sex but can't be trusted for anything else.

    2019, Adam Glasier, Online Dating For Men 101: How to Find, Date, Attract, Connect, and Get Into Great Relationships with Women from Online Dating

    The following, according to popular belief across the manosphere, is the dual biological imperative of what women are attracted to: 1. physical attraction (genes) 2. life comforts (resources) When writers in the manosphere discuss “Alpha Fucks, Beta Bucks” this is essentially the dynamic they are referring too^([sic]).

    2019, Dr. Lukas Castle, The Blackpill Theory: why incels are right & you are wrong, page 155

Translations

Polish alfa szmaci, beta płaci
  • alfa szmaci, beta płaciWomen see alpha males as sexual partners, while beta males merely as source of money
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