[nailer]

The author could have low social value, and thus be less able to choose his partners due to low interest.

He then projects this situation onto other men, and refuses to acknowledge his own weakness, to increase his own feeling of self worth.

[yummyfajitas]

Most people have lower than average social value, and fewer than average # of sex partners. This is because both tend to be distributed according to a power law.

http://vannevarvision.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/review-analys...

http://polymer.bu.edu/~amaral/Sex_partners/Content_sex.html

[nailer]

Certainly true, however most people also don't think their social value is something they can work on. Hence a feeling of helplessness that they project onto others.

Learning to work a crowd is like learning a programming language. Humans are individuals, but they tent to have the same basic needs and desires - to be entertained and sexually stimulated is among them.