I think you spelled “Four thousand years of social tradition in which the man was to make all the decisions for both parties” incorrectly 
And tclouie, don’t fret, it’s not that uncommon to be flirt-impaired.
Though for some of us it’s more of a case of obliviousness 
[sub]Friend: “Hey, what’s the matter, JRD? That’s the second time this weekend some babe was checking you out and you just ignored her cold!”
JRD: “Huh?”[/sub]
Oh come JR; surely you’d agree there is more going on there than "Four thousand years of social tradition??? “Nature” may be an overstatement of specific biological responsibilities divided up between men and women in humans by moe.ron, but it’s accurate enough.
Yes, it may be customary for men to pursue women more readily than women pursue men, but the biological underpinnings are the motivating factor of this (universal?) “cultural” (in your estimation) phenomenon.
Hey TClouie,
How am I doin’?
No, Dammit, wrong wrong wrong.
Hey TClouie,
How’s that person doin’?
Sheeeesh, Just forget it
See there is someone worse than you at it.
[sub] and not “How does thou” either…[/sub]
So how’s second person, singular doin’?
Doesn’t sound right either.
Okay this is one thing I am actually good at.
The way I flirt is
– get eye contact, and give them the most confident smile. A smile that says what your thinking
– depending on where your at and whats going on depends on how fast I approach her, if you have time, wait a little while. If not go for it.
– The most important thing is your confidence and if your kinda out of the loop on this just fake it, she might see through it and think it’s cute.
– Never stop smiling, not like some loone or anything but just a pleasant smile.
– Don’t say something silly, or try not too. Everyone from time to time, will say something off the top of their head trying to be quick and come off looking like a retard. Especially if their nervous, which you’ll become less and less the more times you try it. (take for example the beer comercial where the guy walks up to the girl and says “WHAT R U DOIN’”)
just remember the worst thing that will happen is she will turn you down, and guess what you’ll probably never see her again so why’s it even going to matter!
The way I flirt is to make it totally obvious that I don’t want anything to do with them. If that doesn’t work it’s okay because I really don’t want anything to do with them.
I have decided to reproduce through asexual cell division.
shucks, easiest method for me is simply to go up to those creatures & say ‘you look like someone important’.
Oh, absolutely. Let’s be clear: since by the tone of his message moe.ron is obviously drawing a broad caricature [sub](or at least, good God, I HOPE he’s obviously drawing a broad caricature)[/sub], I thought I’d throw back at 'im the often-heard (among some PC circles) equal-and-opposite caricature.
But seriously, as you well said, claiming “Nature” is determinant is an overstatement, or rather, an oversimplification (and on top of it, it does not in any way help the OP ) and so’s claiming cultural/social supremacy (and anyway, for humans, societies ARE natural).
But surely, in turn, we agree we humans should be (and if not, we’re taking too long to be) past the “biology is destiny” phase, both females and males?