I see this claim a lot around here from the women when the topic of n-count comes up. ''We care about that too'' they say, even though they obviously don't. If women cared about n-count it would be another of the female standards that men moan about. What do men moan about? They moan about the height standard, when women say ''We cant tall guys'' it's not just words, that's followed up with actions. If you're a short guy you're going to see and feel the difference compared to the tall guys. Men moan about the money standard, again, women saying they want rich guys isn't empty words, they really put that desire into practise with their decisions and broke guys will feel it. I have never heard a man complain about anything aproximating an n-count standard, that's something women complain about. So if women care about n-count, it's in the same way that people 'care' about unethical business practises behind the products they continue to purchase, ie not to an extent that actually matters for anything.

The question then is, why is this claim made? My theory is that it's basically women offering men a scam deal - ''let's both drop this sily n-count standard, deal?''. This would be like men collectively saying to women:

''we'll agree to stop expecting you to make lots of money if you agree to stop expecting us to make lots of money''

to which women might naturally reply:

''you already don't expect that, so we don't get anything out of this deal. You want us to drop a real standard that we viscerally care about, and in exchange you're offering to drop a fake standard that you're only pretending to have for the purposes of this exchange''