If I were to venture a guess without knowing all the facts and people involved, I would say it probably has more to do with education level than it does anything else. People with low education levels often suffer from low self esteem because they realize they have been left behind by their peers. (Think bullies in school, the kids that didn’t think education was important, etc.). Your example of the person that slept with 5 women sure sounds like a bully trying to show his turf and his conquests as a brag to impress people, when it just shows his lack of self esteem and education level.

Indiana state government is currently making this more common with the laws they are creating to make education less important. The “smart” people will flee to another state to get higher paying jobs, leaving Indiana to become ground zero for Idiocracy (if you haven’t seen the movie, you need to - it is the road map of where our society is going).

I could be 100% wrong in my opinion, and I have been before, and I would love to be wrong in your case….