You're missing the key distinction.
A man, given the opportunity, will establish for himself a harem of attractive women. At the extreme, a man could have a vast stable of hundreds of beautiful and seductive women. This is what kings and emperors throughout history did, whether these women were called wives, concubines, or mistresses.
A woman, given the opportunity, will jump from beta to lesser alpha to greater alpha to alpha to end all alphas. But they'll normally abandon the previous mate, instead of accumulating them like men like to do, when given the chance. The only exception is when a woman wants a provider and an alpha male and cannot find them in the same person, but even then we're talking about just two men.
The corollary is that even an alpha who happens to be married but has affairs with more attractive women may stay with his wife out of a sense of loyalty. A woman who has access to men of significantly higher SMV will be much less likely to stay in a marriage she's unhappy in, given our no-fault no-stigma divorce culture.
A man, given the opportunity, will establish for himself a harem of attractive women. At the extreme, a man could have a vast stable of hundreds of beautiful and seductive women. This is what kings and emperors throughout history did, whether these women were called wives, concubines, or mistresses.
A woman, given the opportunity, will jump from beta to lesser alpha to greater alpha to alpha to end all alphas. But they'll normally abandon the previous mate, instead of accumulating them like men like to do, when given the chance. The only exception is when a woman wants a provider and an alpha male and cannot find them in the same person, but even then we're talking about just two men.
The corollary is that even an alpha who happens to be married but has affairs with more attractive women may stay with his wife out of a sense of loyalty. A woman who has access to men of significantly higher SMV will be much less likely to stay in a marriage she's unhappy in, given our no-fault no-stigma divorce culture.