beta female

plural beta females

1. A female that is second in a social or group hierarchy; subordinate to an alpha female but superior to an omega female.

   The alpha female of troop I, with her offspring at her chest, sits next to the beta female.

   2013 -, Leonard A. Rosenblum, Primate Behavior: Developments in Field and Laboratory Research, →ISBN

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   In seventeen instances, an alpha female approached a beta female while both were alone, and they mated.

   2009, Joan Roughgarden, Evolution’s Rainbow, →ISBN

   Let me get this in focus and ... okay, we got, yes, I think so, the beta female and the omega male, he's a shade darker.

   2014, Keith McCafferty, Dead Man's Fancy: A Novel, →ISBN, page 161

2. A woman who has stereotypically feminine traits, such as being gentle, nurturing, and emotional.

   The Beta Female is perceptive, emotional, maternal and soft.

   2012, Sally J. Walker, Screenwriting Secrets in Genre Film, →ISBN

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   The beta female is sensitive: rather than shouting and being aggressive, she shows her discontent with tears and a pouting lip.

   2013, Anna Madsen, Glamour Puss - a Tongue-in-Cheek Guide to Being a Powerful Woman, →ISBN

   She demonstrated in her research that a combination of masculine and feminine dispositions is more adaptive than stereotypial extremes. Bad news for the alpha male and beta female!

   2013, E. Marx, The Power of Global Teams