Is he extremely insecure?

I’m dating a guy for a bit while (3 dates so far). We communicate but the conversations we held are more about our jobs, families and things that have nothing to do with romance. On the second date he kissed me but he was akward, shy and totally blocked -as if he didn’t know what he was doing. FYI he is 28. Trying to check the waters, I tried on our third date, after almost two hours of boring chatting and nothing more than a hello kiss which was again awkward, to talk about relationships. We met on Tinder so my first question was whether he was interested in actually starting something. He said yes, and went on telling me that his last and only relationship was like 6 years ago and that he hasn’t dated since because he wanted to focus on his studies. Mind you, I’ve never had a relationship either so I told him not to feel bad about it. Anyway, when we left, he drove me to my car and gave me again kisses that were full of awkwardness, without any passion. He wouldn’t even hold my hand, or try to touch me. I feel like he has a very low libido. When I returned home, we began texting and I told him that although we communicate I feel that on the romantic domain (I avoided the word “sexual”) we have an issue. He said that I might be right, that he hasn’t dated for way too long. I told him that time doesn’t matter as long as you like someone and that these things come out naturally. And then he asked me if I find him attractive and if I think he is beautiful.

I felt that this was a huge red flag showing immense amount of insecurity. I would never ask a guy if he found me beautiful, it’s weird and as if I’m fishing for compliments. Plus, I would put the other person on a very awkward place. I have felt that he might believe that I’m out of his league. On our second date, he commented on my clothes (nothing too formal or extravagant), saying “is this how you dress everyday??” His whole attitude shows me that he has low self-esteem among other things. I haven’t responded to his message yet, but I feel that I will lie to him. Even if I did find him attractive -which I did, otherwise I wouldn’t date him, I’m now beginning to doubt my judgement.

What are your thoughts on the story?