'What could any self-respecting man do9 I shall ride with the commando.'

Which means no self-respecting man - even one often seen shirtless - would brag about it.

Acting helpless, according to this article, is a sure tactic: "No self-respecting black man can resist a damsel in distress."

Well the sun has been up for five hours now, and no self-respecting man would still be sleeping.

He had come from worlds that tended to view acting as a disreputable pursuit for a self-respecting man.

Now that it has been done by two women alone, no self-respecting man can undertake it.

No self-respecting man on the road could be without them.

It was then thought that smoking was normal and that any self-respecting man should light up a cigarette.

What kind of self-respecting man goes around looking like a bowling ball?

"What's a self-respecting man to do for a weapon?"