How about *all* of the numbers?
3, please!
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3 had the next most so lets do them next!
for reference, this one is loosely based on the common side-blotched lizard
There are two types of males (alpha/beta) and two types of females (beta/omega) and then one hermaphrodite sex thats socially considered male/men (omega males)
Alpha Males - high sex drive, larger size, tend towards having large packs. this ones not along tradition a/b/o dynamic lines, in that alphas are generally considered pretty dim/"thinking with the wrong head." they mostly work physical jobs like construction or trades like plumbing or crafting, and are usually pretty anti-social to anyone not in their pack.
Beta men and women are typically monogamous or polyfidelitous, but still live in packs, which are often made up of multiple beta/beta couples. most people in this verse (probably 60-70%) are betas.
Omega "Males" – hermaphrodites, so they can sire or bear children. very little sexual dimorphism with omega women, most omega men can pass as men or women. VERY looked down on - current science (subject to bias just as our science is) theorizes that omega males resemble women so they can sneak into packs and father children on the sly. less shitty scientists point out that its just good sense to have a sex that can reproduce with any other, from an evolutionary standpoint - more options to pass on your genes! in the past 30 years or so theres been a movement for it to become more mainstream and accepted for them to identify as nonbinary instead of the societal stereotype of being a "failed" man.
omega women are as mentioned above, indistinguishable from omega men except for the genital situation. both types of omegas generally have multiple births (2-3 usually, rarely more - a single birth is noticably odd) and are more territorial than betas.
Most Common Pack Set Ups
Alpha male with many betas
a large group of betas in monogamous pairs or polyfidelitous polycules that share communal home and childrearing
a group of omegas who live together but may or may not be involved with each other (these are sometimes called pseudo-packs or "survival packs," because it's difficult to afford to live without a pack)
less common pack set ups can include just about anything you can imagine but these are the ones people typically make assumptions to
stereotypes say that Alphas prefer betas and betas prefer other betas because omegas are sneaky, histrionic, and underhanded.









