My take on dick pics is that most men assume that women think like men, and most women assume that men think like women. So men, being super into images of women's bodies, assume women are hungry for images of men's bodies (Playgirl's bankruptcy notwithstanding). So men spend lots of time at the gym, sculpting their muscles to appeal to women who rarely care about such things while women carefully choose scented bath salts, oblivious to the obliviousness of the men they're hoping to impress. Dick pics are an expression of this confusion. Since many men would love to get unsolicited photos of women's bodies, they assume women's appetites mirror their own. Isn't it really this simple?
I think there is definitely something to what you're saying -- a sort of simulation error or egocentric bias (almost like anthropomorphism, just within species). It removes the adaptationist logic, but it's also not at odds with the sexual overperception bias.
My take on dick pics is that most men assume that women think like men, and most women assume that men think like women. So men, being super into images of women's bodies, assume women are hungry for images of men's bodies (Playgirl's bankruptcy notwithstanding). So men spend lots of time at the gym, sculpting their muscles to appeal to women who rarely care about such things while women carefully choose scented bath salts, oblivious to the obliviousness of the men they're hoping to impress. Dick pics are an expression of this confusion. Since many men would love to get unsolicited photos of women's bodies, they assume women's appetites mirror their own. Isn't it really this simple?
I think there is definitely something to what you're saying -- a sort of simulation error or egocentric bias (almost like anthropomorphism, just within species). It removes the adaptationist logic, but it's also not at odds with the sexual overperception bias.