That great quote from Frank Underwood. He's getting shit done, leading, being Machiavellan, he knows what makes people tick, how to make them do what he wants. And that quote sounds so right.

"Everything is about sex, except sex. Sex is about power."

But it's 100% beta. It's a great description of the beta's sexual strategy. A thirsty chump who works his ass off trying to impress the girls so they'll fuck him. Everything he does is about getting laid, and when he gets laid it has nothing to do with the girl just wanting to fuck. What she really wants from him is something else.

Rollo once wrote a great piece on being alpha https://therationalmale.com/2011/10/20/alpha/ including the news segment on Corey Worthington - a man who most of us would instinctively class as a loser, but who displays extreme degrees of alphaness. It's a great article because it illustrates how far the typical man's idea of a "real man" is from being alpha.

Frank Underwood is the other side of that coin. The guy has dodgy morals to say the least, but his leadership and power plays, that's impressive. He's a real man, right? Maybe, but like a lot of great leaders he's a fucking beta. He brings A LOT of beta to the table, but in the end he's playing beta game.

Maybe there's some alpha in him, I can't remember everything from the show and it's not that relevant anyway - it's fiction, not reality. The interesting thing about Underwood is how many men find him fascinating and how easy it is to mistake that for being alpha. The stuff about Underwood that impresses, that's beta. Power, influence, money, leadership, it's not alpha. Look at Corey from Rollo's article to see what alpha is. The typical male ideal of a real man is a lot of Underwood and very little Corey - it's a lot of beta and very little alpha. If your problem is a dead bedroom, you lack alpha and trying to be that sort of "real man" won't solve your problem. We're fascinated by power, but sex isn't about power.

To an alpha, nothing is about sex, except sex. Fill the rest of your life up with whatever you want. Some alphas are losers; lazy fucks, gamers, minimum wage personal trainers, lowlife drug dealers. Some alphas make the most out of their lives and work hard and lead. They do it because they like it, or like the fruits of it - they don't do it for sex. Sex is easy, because girls want to have sex with alphas, losers of winners. You don't have to promise them juicy news stories or a mansion when you're alpha.

As much as beta game doesn't make girls wet, remember that girls do have a dual sexual strategy. Sure she's attracted to alpha, but she also wants beta, especially for anything long term and involving a family. Here at MRP we're about bringing both. There are good beta qualities, stuff that we strongly identify with as men and that women seek in partners.

But if you lack alpha, you can't compensate with beta. If your wife doesn't want to fuck you, the solution isn't to bring more money, more leadership, more Frank Underwood. The solution is more Corey Worthington.