So depressing to contemplate the fragility (and the need to impress) of the ego demonstrated by the jealous or non-thinking male.....

This is learned behavior. It's so sad that even in 2007, males are accustomed to thinking that having less choice makes them more likely to get approval from those around them.

Men feeling that they can elevate their own status by doing the 'skirt' comment makes me wonder what kind of internal thought proccesses they have.

Even more irritating is when the 'nice skirt' line comes from a woman. Usually wearing jeans, and having no ability to think beyond the next daytime crap talk show, I don't tend to take them seriously - even if their tattoo's are spelled correctly..

I always feel so sorry for those guys who are so suppressed and restricted by their fragile malehood that they can't be civilised - especially when they're trying to impress their buddies (redneck or otherwise).

There's got to be something wrong with the way guys are programmed......