I think the guys enjoy an opportunity to get into “oh,those silly little women” mode, LOL. And I say that as a woman who likes men. We females tolerate that sometimes.
In my experience, feminists will tell you that women dress for other women because they want to dismiss male influence. Well, there is competition among women, no doubt. But normal women DO care whether men like their appearance.
Sometimes I see guys take that attitude, and it seems like they really would like to take themselves back to this age in their lives because things were so simpler then: