Why Body Count Matters - Biologically

Biological reproductive constraints require one side to psychologically optimize for quantity, and the other to optimize for quality; as so elegantly demonstrated by the highly skewed ratios on dating apps.

Note that optimizing one does not imply neglecting the other, just giving higher priority.

So while a high count is a genuine challenge for one side, it's simply an indication of poor judgment on the other.

Simply put, one side claiming a high count has the exact same effect as the other side claiming extreme restraint.

Both claims indicate high quality when done by one side, and poor quality when done by the other.

This is also why social proof is such a powerful stimulant, but only for one side.