If You Keep Seeing Patrick Bateman On TikTok, It’s Because He’s The Embodiment Of A Sigma Male, And Here’s What That Means
Chances are, if you’ve scrolled through TikTok at any time in the past year or so, you have probably come across all manner of videos starring Christian Bale in his role as Patrick Bateman from the movie American Psycho.
And the reason Patrick Bateman keeps popping up everywhere is that he is considered the embodiment of a sigma male. The number of men identifying as sigma males are rising, leading to the idolization of this particular film character.
If the alpha male is the leader of the wolf pack and beta males are the subservient followers, then where do sigma males fit into this social hierarchy?
Sigma male is a term used to describe a successful, good-looking man who is a lone wolf. He is also known as an introverted alpha male and operates outside of any social system.
He walks his own solitary path and isn’t influenced by any societal norms. Furthermore, he doesn’t care what other people think of him.
However, he tends to exude power and influences others without even trying to, although he does not take on the leadership qualities of an alpha male. His quiet and mysterious exterior just can’t help but be noticed, especially by women.
The term is originally attributed to Theodore Robert Beale, also known as Vox Day, and surfaced into existence in 2010. The description of the sigma male might sound innocent enough, but at its core, it refers to something much more unpleasant.
Beale was a far-right activist, and when he coined the phrase, he wasn’t just describing a man who’s a capitalist hustler, a lady charmer, and a crypto-obsessed gym bro, as is popularly portrayed on TikTok. In fact, ‘sigma’ has a lot of misogynistic connotations, including showing contempt toward women.
So is Patrick Bateman really a sigma male? He’s a psychopathic murderer who kills without remorse, and it’s alarming that so many men are identifying with him.
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And from what we can see in the movie, Bateman checks off many of the sigma boxes. He is depicted as a wealthy, successful guy who works on Wall Street, lives in an expensive New York apartment, and wears a fancy collection of suits.
He also is dominant without being an actual leader, and many women are drawn to him, even though he proves himself to be a woman-hater. Many of his victims are women whom he kills to satisfy a sadistic desire.
Overall, he does exhibit many of the traits of a sigma male, both as they were originally intended by Beale and the version that TikTok has glorified.
When looking at Patrick Bateman, it’s important to remember that American Psycho is satire and not to be taken literally. Unfortunately, that fact is lost on many people.
If men continue to put characters such as Bateman up on a pedestal and misinterpret the complexities of the character, they will start to act like him, and that could cause a lot of problems.
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