Why do some men cross their legs like women when they sit?

[Schadenfroh]

I used to be able to do it back when i weighed 150lbs (im 6' tall), but now that im back to 175ish, it crushes me.

 

[DougK62]

I cross my legs "like a girl" all the time. It's incredibly comfortable. The only people I've found that couldn't do it or didn't find it comfortable were either fat or not very flexible. It has nothing to do with package size.

 

[DaShen]

I used to do it as a kid, now I can't do it. Extremely uncomfortable, and I am pretty flexible for my size, from martial arts training.

I think the etiquette thing makes sense though.

 

[AdamSnow]

I always assumed they were playing for the other team, or their parts were so small they were able to do that...

I can't sit like that even to make fun of someone...

 

[JulesMaximus]

It's hard on the knees otherwise?

 

[FreshPrince]

Originally posted by: AdamSnow
I always assumed they were playing for the other team, or their parts were so small they were able to do that...

I can't sit like that even to make fun of someone...

me either

 

[FreshPrince]

ok, watching Dave now...Bruce Willis is crossing his legs that way

 

[dr150]

Originally posted by: Rastus
My balls are too big to sit that way.

LoL. Agree.

 

[mellondust]

When you see men crossing their legs like that what are they wearing? If you are wearing suit pants or something of the like, crossing you legs "normally" tends to pull the pant leg up past the top of your socks so you see sock, hairy leg, pant leg. If you cross your legs closer together, the pant leg does not rise above the top of the sock as easliy keeping you appearance more in line with how you are dressed. If your wearing blue jeans or shorts then I have no idea why you might do it.

 

[Continuity28]

I'm pretty skinny... but admittedly I'm not very flexible. If I try to sit like this, it hurts my testicles.

I don't think there's anything wrong with it, if it's comfortable - go for it. I couldn't care less what others thought of me in a sitting pose, I just do whats comfortable. For me that's either sitting uncrossed or crossed more perpendicular.

 

[Jeff7]

I cross my legs in that manner simply because my hips and knees don't really like it when I cross my legs "like a man". And really, well, I guess I just cross my legs such that they still don't crush anything sensitive. Who knows, maybe they just sit different for me, but whatever it is, it works just fine.

But still....external, extremely sensitive organs. Utterly brilliant idea.:roll:
Open letter to god....what the hell is this, your idea of a sick joke? An emergency kill switch? What?
Rewind time a little bit....
"Alright, yeah, this is brilliant ahaha.... Important, nerve-laden organs - OUTSIDE the body! Protected by a thin layer of skin that's also full of nerves! And sometime in the future, there will be garments that have teeth, yeah, scores of metal teeth right the hell in front of these organs."
*God then sits back and eagerly awaits the screams of the first victims of the newly invented zipper*

Be nice if the damn junk was retractable. I mean come on, cats' claws are retractable and rigid. Couldn't something similar be used elsewhere? Hmm???


But back to leg crossing - I don't know when it was, middle school, high school or something that I was finally informed of the fact that there are gender-specific ways of crossing legs. Sometimes stuff like that just makes me think, "This is one friggin weird society."

 

[Continuity28]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
I cross my legs in that manner simply because my hips and knees don't really like it when I cross my legs "like a man". And really, well, I guess I just cross my legs such that they still don't crush anything sensitive. Who knows, maybe they just sit different for me, but whatever it is, it works just fine.

But still....external, extremely sensitive organs. Utterly brilliant idea.:roll:
Open letter to god....what the hell is this, your idea of a sick joke? An emergency kill switch? What?
Rewind time a little bit....
"Alright, yeah, this is brilliant ahaha.... Important, nerve-laden organs - OUTSIDE the body! Protected by a thin layer of skin that's also full of nerves! And sometime in the future, there will be garments that have teeth, yeah, scores of metal teeth right the hell in front of these organs."
*God then sits back and eagerly awaits the screams of the first victims of the newly invented zipper*

Be nice if the damn junk was retractable. I mean come on, cats' claws are retractable and rigid. Couldn't something similar be used elsewhere? Hmm???


But back to leg crossing - I don't know when it was, middle school, high school or something that I was finally informed of the fact that there are gender-specific ways of crossing legs. Sometimes stuff like that just makes me think, "This is one friggin weird society."

If your testicles were retracted you would not be able to reproduce as well. Sperm cannot be made efficiently at the normal human body temperature, that's why it's outside.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Continuity28

If your testicles were retracted you would not be able to reproduce as well. Sperm cannot be made efficiently at the normal human body temperature, that's why it's outside.

Life finds a way - then sperm would be made heat resistant. And they'd have frickin' laser beams attached to their heads too - all the better to penetrate the egg with, my dear.


And really, wouldn't that be a bonus for most people? Fully integrated birth control.