I didn't say it was, but just as you described in YOUR first paragraph, he's clearly not a rarity either.

As you so eloquently pointed out, he's absorbed way too many PUA "Be A Player" books, magazines, podcasts, bulletin/forum threads, movies, etc., created by people, predominantly men, who claim to believe the same.

He didn't just pull this out of his ass, after all, he's not any smarter than you seem to be.

No. It's not all men, but it's very much a part of men's spaces in all forms of media.

So let's not pretend otherwise, k? 😜😏🤣