Michael Phelps, alpha male

One thing that you can count on even in these supposedly more "gender aware" times is that alpha males are always more attractive to women.

Here's a perfect illustration: Michael Phelps becomes the greatest Olympian of all time, and he's immediately linked to 3 different women (all high achievers in their own right).

Okay, so some of this is gossip; he may not actually be involved with all of them. But it's interesting that there are so many people who believe he is. It just seems right to them that he's now a major "chick magnet". That's revealing in itself.

"To the victor, the spoils," as they say ...