People will do more to avoid pain than to gain pleasure.
A lot of insecure women will find a beta who they can still tolerate and with whom they can lead the relationship, keeping the wool over the beta's eyes that the woman is the most amazing creature in the world. A true alpha knows his value, has self-respect, and knows he has options, and isn't afraid to walk away, and that's too much instability and fear for an insecure woman, no matter how attractive the man actually is.
A recent 23-year-old plate - let's compare her options:
1. Me - lawyer at a BigLaw firm, condo, civic leader, fit. Walked away because of her nonsense.
2. Dude #2 - on again, off again beta ex boyfriend. Entry-level job in his early 30s. No ambition - biggest excitement is Halloween, videogames, and the fact that Simpson World is live. Has said I intimidate him and said that she couldn't see me while she lived with him, though she later told him that she fvcked me and...there were no consequences.
She stays with him because I won't tolerate her bull$hit, while the beta worships her every dumba$$ mental fart on Facebook and the ground she walks on, every scrap she feeds him. She's been the dumper again and again, and he's always taken her back. He's even PROPOSED TO HER and she turned him down yet he stuck around. He's a sure thing, and that's why she keeps him around.
The only reason we're still facebook friends is so that as she gains more confidence, as she gets older, she'll have the confidence to pursue me when she gets tired of his beta bull$hit.