He was a total TOOL
I guess that's what the authors wanted.
But, as a man with a pair, I must complain about his submissiveness and total lack of a backbone.
When I was younger I considered him cool for bangin' the hot gal, now I see that she's not that hot nor good in bed, and he's a total tool to believe her, tolerate her and even worse, fall so miserably for her.