World Notes
- Dynamics are socially constructed as ideal representations of dominance and submission in interpersonal relationships
- Being an Alpha is about how a person enacts and displays social dominance
- Being an Omega is about how a person enacts and displays social submission
- Being a Beta is about how a person can take on either set of traits depending on the needs of the social group
- One’s dynamic has nothing to do with their gender or physical body
- They are related only so much as different kinds of dominance/submission can be expressed through one’s own personal gender (i.e. feminine and masculine dominance may look or feel different)
- Trans people may transition irrespective of their dynamic
- The dynamic system is largely left over from a history of clan-based society, where hierarchical designation was beneficial for survival
- There is a general split in the modern day attitudes regarding dynamics:
- Individuals raised in families in which one’s designation is a point of pride or strong identity (i.e. alpha or omega lineages, social clubs similar to debutante, “all-betas” boarding schools)
- Individuals who regard dynamics as outdated/reductive/irrelevant, and regard their dynamic as a necessary evil of society