Damn my insatiable curiosity <| sep |> What would my wives think of me if I didn ' t also go raiding ? Who gives a fuck what the wives think ? Betas do . This is a good point , however , I didn ' t mean to indicate that he would go raiding because he felt insecure and weak , although I do think going raiding would make him wealthier and more powerful . More of a question for us . We make these alpha changes in ourselves to make us better people , but the women still have thoughts and opinions about us and our actions . We can not care about those opinions but they still exist . So rewording it I would say . What would his wives think of him if he didn ' t go raiding . He would become more beta in their eyes and less alpha . of course , this is my opinion as a non historian borderline alpha .