Discussion was going on over at Sarah B.'s place regarding how one of the sexiest things a man can do is put his arm behind the passenger seat while driving in reverse. I was unaware of the sex-factor of doing this, I was taught that when backing up, I needed to do that. Maybe that's the origin of the expression "he's been taught well"? Either way, if that's considered sexy, I need to drive more women around.

Either way, I'd like to offer the addendum that any man who drives a stickshift shouldn't need to put his arm behind the passenger seat when backing up. It's not that you need to keep a hand on the stick at all times, it's that when you drive stick, you just kind of do. Plus, any guy who takes that much control of his driving shouldn't need to do the behind-the-seat thing -- driving stickshift is just cool enough.