As you were looking through his dating profile pictures, you saw it.

And yes, it took you a moment to process what you were looking at.

A picture of him and a huge dead shark he caught.

Unbelievable.

There he was, looking phenomenally proud of the huge dead shark he had caught.

Why would a guy have a picture of a huge dead shark he caught on his dating profile?

His motivation for posting this picture is to give off a number of cues he considers to be manly, and thereby, be attractive to potential female matches.

Bravery.

He had the courage to go after a big fish like a huge shark and win, in killing it.

The message he is conveying to a potential match is that he has the courage to take on the world no matter how dangerous, risky, or perilous the challenge.

Strength.

With catching a big fish like a huge shark, he has strength.

The message he is conveying to a potential match is that he has the strength to take care of and maintain a home.

Protection.

In catching a huge shark, he has protective instincts.

The message he is sending to a potential match is that he has the protective instincts to keep her safe from any harm.

Provider.

In killing a huge shark, he went after the big fish.

The message he is sending to a potential match is that he is a provider, and she never has to fear hunger or poverty as his partner.

He believes that a picture with him and a huge dead shark he caught conveys all four messages.

To him, these qualities are the definition of manliness.

Although he does have a point that women are attracted to all these qualities in a man, he is going about it all wrong in using a huge dead shark to convey these qualities.

On the contrary, you are horrified at this picture, and you are feeling sorry for the shark.

A big beautiful fish that has been sacrificed by this man who believes it scores him attraction points with women, makes you feel sick.

You don’t like it.

You almost want to cry for the dead shark.

Although you should quickly move on from his dating profile, and try to forget you ever laid eyes on it, you remain puzzled at how clueless he is in not knowing that a picture like this is a turn off to a wide berth of women.

You are right.

It’s almost too obvious to you and me that posting a picture of himself with a huge dead shark is a bad move.

He doesn’t see it that way though.

The thing is, all his male friends tell him about how macho he is for hunting and killing such a huge shark.

There is so much testosterone flying about when they are praising him for making such a big kill.

This praise gets to his head, making him believe that he is the epitome of what it means to be a man.

It doesn’t help that several of his guy friends take their praise of him a step further by encouraging him to post the picture of him and the huge dead shark that he caught on his dating profile.

They tell him about how bad ass he would look to every woman that sees that picture on his dating profile.

Clearly, at this point in time, he didn’t have any women around him, whether it be friends or family, to tell him otherwise.

Which they would have.

Strictly his bros.

Obviously, he gives in to their encouragement and posts the picture.

It’s not like he doesn’t want to do it either.

He didn’t require a big nudge to post the picture.

He loves coming off as brave, strong, a protector and a provider.

It is a boost to his ego.

The truth is that he has spent countless hours looking at this picture, admiring it, reliving that moment when he caught the huge dead shark.

He can’t help himself but gloat at it.

His confidence is sky-high whenever he looks at it.

That confidence makes him believe that all he has to do is sit back and wait for all the potential matches that are going to swipe right on his dating profile the moment they see that picture.

He has never been so wrong.