Men who appear to be alpha and dominant correlate more often with low IQ in my experience.

While quiet and reserved men are more correlated with higher IQ.

I think a man putting on the alpha image is equivalent to the ‘hot woman’, who leverages looks but lacks substance.

The more they “put on”, the less they have.

Therefore the more validation they need,

reinforcing the behaviour to “put more on”.

This type of status seeking behaviour is a foreign concept to high IQ men. They see zero utility in it.

But it appeals to sociopathic men.

My guess is that if you screened all the alpha appearing men and instagram models,

you will get a vast majority of sociopathic individuals.

Very unstable. Constantly on tilt.

The Instability deriving from ‘searching for validation’ from society.

I use the word ‘appearing’ because I don’t think alpha positions are achieved through appearance or a set of behaviours designed to manipulate others perception.

It’s achieved through occupying high responsibility positions with unique behaviours adopted as a consequence.