Sitting like a girl

[APRIL0401]

Went to a NCAA College Basketball game last week with my two sons.
We had general admission seats. We got there twenty minutes before
tipoff and some young man from the University asked if we wanted to
sit courtside. One minute we're in the nosebleeds and the next we're sitting
there right on the floor. Experience was great. You don't realize how physical the game is until you're right there with the action.

Our team upsetted their opponent in a trilling game. On the University's web site they posted photos from the game. On one of the photos you can see me sitting there. You can't see my face because a player's hand is blocking it but you can see my hat and the rest of me. I'm sitting like a girl, legs closed together, hands in my lap. All the other men are all sprawled out, legs spread wide apart.

[Tracii G]

Because you a proper lady right?

[kimdl93]

It's interesting to notice things like that. One thing I was often teased about was the way I walked...although my wife thinks I have acute wiggle!

[Erica Marie]

I kind of chuckled when I read this. Im sitting in my recliner with my legs crossed as if I was a proper lady even though I am in drab.

[Jenni Yumiko]

That's funny! My wife said I sit like a girl, even before she knew, and my eldest daughter sits like a guy :-(

[Genifer Teal]

I sit like a girl all the time with my legs crossed. It bothers me when guys sit with their legs spread so far apart. Not bothers in a good way. Some guys cross their legs too. You can only do so much back and forth. You just have to be you. Whatever that means.

[Anneliese]

I have sat with my legs crossed my entire life. It hurts my back to sit otherwise.

[Barbara Ella]

I know my wife does not like it, but I cross my legs all the time, and when unable, i do cross my feet and keep knees together.

Barbara

[pattyv]

I notice you say your legs are closed together as opposed to having your legs crossed. Having your legs crossed cuts off circulation, and is not recommended.

Legs closed together with hands on your lap is both ladylike and recommended.

I know you and your two sons enjoyed the game, and I'm sure they were not aware of their dad's little female postures. All they need is love, and I'm sure you give them plenty. The rest are non issues, and nobody else's business. Bravo.

Patty.

[I Am Paula]

I was teased from a very young age because I sat and walked like a girl. For a while it bothered me, and I tried to put on a more John Wayne presentation, but it felt foriegn to me. It just further leads me to believe this all may be genetic.-Celeste

[Beverley Sims]

You are obviously learning a few traits from somewhere.
I have always done that and got picked or it when I was young.
I would sit on a bench with a lot of girls and they would say "If you want to sit with us hold your legs together so we have more room."
You can sit six girls on a bench but only 4 to five guys.
The survey. Ask a group of people of each gender to sit on a bench comfortably and get their photo taken.
The other option, observe girls and boys waiting for the school bus.
You always accommodate more girls on the one seat than boys.

[prene]

I cannot cross my legs, I have thunder thighs and they are too big.

They are always together though. LOL

Does that count?

[docrobbysherry]

I just looked at my photos in this post. No, I guess I can't cross my legs! Ha ha!
I notice you say your legs are closed together as opposed to having your legs crossed. Having your legs crossed cuts off circulation, and is not recommended.

Legs closed together with hands on your lap is both ladylike and recommended.------------------------
Patty.

So tru! And, I find this much more difficult to do than crossing my legs, Patty! It's like my knees have different polarity. They naturally repel each other. Unless I hook one over the other. And that puts them to sleep. Sigh!

[whowhatwhen]

First of all, I read the thread title waaaay differently...

Actually, I can't for the most part for the same reason I can't tuck.
The nut twins from the nut lagoon are very sensitive and randomly painful so I leave them be and give them their space.

[phlover]

LOL, I didn't know that crossing legs or feet is girly because I always cross my feet when I'm on my chair.
I cross my legs when I sit on a sofa.
Especially when I cross my legs after tucking my genitals by using kinesiologic tape and wearing pantyhose, I feel quite feminine.
Ya, I hate the men who sit their legs wide apart in a bus or subway.
I was somewhat embarrassed and pleased to know that my crossing legs or feet proved to be one of my girly attributes.

[Diversity]

In all honesty, I have a tough time sitting like a girl. The wedding tackle just gets in the way. I try from time to time, but it is never comfortable with the testicalmapads. :)
Di

[Cheryl T]

I sit like that all the time ... I can't sit like guys do with my ankle on my knee because of bad knees and it's the truth. So that's what I tell someone if they say something.

[Michelle 51]

I find it hard to sit like a girl for long periods unless I'm tucked.It can be very uncomfortable.

[Michelle Deere]

I guy mode, I have to think about crossing my legs, but as Michelle (tucked of course) it just feels natural and happens automatically.

[SandraV]

Always sit like a girl. Just comes natural to me.

[Maria S]

I can never figure out how women wearing short skirts and dresses manage to sit without showing their knickers.

Does it just come natural for a woman to keep everything out of show or like us do they constantly have to think about it?

I love it the way women can cross their legs and then wrap the crossed over leg around the other leg again. I would love to be able to do that.

Maria

[Marlana]

I tend to croos my legs when I sit, especially when tucked. If people start staring, I may move my ankle to my knee. At home though, it's always crossed.

[Frédérique]

All the other men are all sprawled out, legs spread wide apart.

Ok, why do men sit like that? Is it because they are trying to assert control over any other male in the vicinity, and this splayed-leg posture, ancient in origin, lets the other males know who (or, in this case, how much) they are dealing with? Are males programmed to keep their legs apart, so as to be ready to spring into action at a moment’s notice? Are their legs as far apart as possible to feel the boundaries of whatever they’re sitting on, or touch the legs of other males as some form of casual bonding exercise? Every time I see a male sitting, his legs resembling an open compass, I cannot help but wonder why this abomination persists. I mean, we’ve left the cave, right?

Of course, men CAN sit with their legs wide open, due to the clothing they wear, and women, due to the historically restrictive clothing they once were obliged to wear, CAN (and will) sit the way that they sit. Naturally, these days some women sit like men, and men who have a bit of woman in them do tend to sit contrary to their gender. I always cross my legs at the knee, sending a clear signal to any male in the vicinity that I am not a caveman. I risk getting a beating, but I will take one for the imaginary “team” that eschews automatic body language. Being male, I know full well what wide open legs mean, or invite, and it’s not pretty. I pay close attention to how I’m sitting, just in case I can feel my legs migrating in opposite directions. Come together, tremble, and feel the warmth, I say...
:battingeyelashes:

[Veronnie2]

Sitting like a woman is not a problem for me, from the ankle cossed position to the leg over the knee position. I usually like to sit with my knees together. I also have the habit of smoothing my skirt as I sit down. Rarely, unless I am in a seductive mood do I show any of my inside thighs. Of course, not to say there are times when wearing a short skirt, my stocking tops may peek out. Sitting like a woman was one of the things my past wife taught me. Veronnie

[Stephanie47]

Guilty, too! Even as I am pounding on this keyboard, en femme, I'm sitting with my legs crossed at the knees. When taking a break and watching the Today Show, my hands are folded on top of my crossed knees. After a while it comes natural.

[windycissy]

Crossing your legs is for sissies, it takes a real girl to pull off the difficult double cross:

[BLUE ORCHID]

Hi April, Guilty as charged your honor, I find myself setting like a lady sometimes
legs crossed or knees together and ankle crossed and my hands in my lap.

[carhill2mn]

Personally, I am embarrassed when I see men/boys sprawled all over with no consideration as to how they look.

[Calisol01]

sitting like a girl is the proper way to sit

[BillieJoEllen]

Having major knee problems and being a little bit too stout I stretch my legs out in front of me and cross them at the ankle.

[Robyn Roberts]

Growing up and I still do,I always sat with my legs crossed. I remember my dad getting mad at me saying I was sitting like a girl,that I should be sitting with my leg crossed over the other around the ankle and my knee high. I don't care what they think about me at work,I sit like a lady should.

[MysticLady]

April, its just natural for us girls:heehee:
Im sitting here viewing the forum with my legs crossed in my little dress and heels:)

[pinklilly211]

I've noticed at work, at lunch break that i sometimes sit with my legs crossed at the knee and then move down to the ankle at the knee. I don't know if anyone notices but I do. I have a bad knee and crossing at the knee feel's better
Lilly

[famousunknown]

newsflash:
Nobody notices or cares how you sit.
Bigger fish to fry.

[VikkiDave]

I must admit that I have always crossed my legs like a girl (even when I was young), and have never sat with my legs wide open. After working in an office for a couple of years, a workmate dropped what he was carrying as he passed me, and as he collected everything back up he asked me what I was doing with my legs and I just said 'there crossed why?', and spun my chair around to see what he was talking about and was surprised to find them double crossed! I tend to do it regularly now and find it very comfortable, but as my mother used to say I 'have childbearing hips'

[Rachel Morley]

I can't say I have always sat like a girl, especially when I was in my 20's, but ever since I embraced my CDing (about 10 years ago) and paid attention to my feminine deportment, it has become second nature to sit with my knees together or my legs crossed. These days it's second nature and so it happens in boy mode all time ... which does occasionally get me the odd comment from a male co-worker, but I wouldn't have it any other way :)

[AltairaMorbius]

I've noticed the same thing at a local nudist resort I frequent. Even nude women are modest creatures for the most part.

Cheers,
Amy

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[Tashee]

Culture in action. Male to female sitting and what is expected is social more/s not strictly enforced just loathsome in its acceptance.

In a real cool way we here are social rule breakers in the fact that we in many varied ways break with our so called "Master Status".

So yes sitting is a cool thing when you see how culture has influenced everything even the way a male or female sit.

One will hear this when someone throws a ball different. They are said to "Throw like a girl".

Sorry for Soc 101. Nice post. Sis.

[cdmorganashley]

crossing doesnt come natural for me but maybe with more cding it will - another good reason to dress more!!

[Maria S]

Crossing your legs is for sissies, it takes a real girl to pull off the difficult double cross:

You are very lucky my legs just can't do that.

Maria

[Ezekiel]

Growing up and I still do,I always sat with my legs crossed. I remember my dad getting mad at me saying I was sitting like a girl,that I should be sitting with my leg crossed over the other around the ankle and my knee high. I don't care what they think about me at work,I sit like a lady should.

Damn, people even tries to force us to sit in one way or another. Its grand stupidity we have to face every day.

I've been sitting with legs crossed in all the ways possible, even the double cross that Windy is doing, and never cared about others opinion.

[Mikkigurll]

I can never figure out how women wearing short skirts and dresses manage to sit without showing their knickers.

Does it just come natural for a woman to keep everything out of show or like us do they constantly have to think about it?

I love it the way women can cross their legs and then wrap the crossed over leg around the other leg again. I would love to be able to do that.

Maria I wear short skirts quite often. My wife says she wishes she had my legs. I don't seem to have a problem with people seeing my panties.

[Stevie]

The games I go to my fat butt or the person next to me forces us to sit with our knees together. When not dress my natural seat is to spread my knees out, but when dressing up I have my knees together with ankles crossed. Crossing my legs above the knees is hard and pinches sensitive areas.

[Faye56]

It seems I do it naturally . I suppose after over 45 years of being Faye it has become part of who I am .

[cdxmatty]

i catch myself doing it more and more lately

[brandi.tgurl]

i've been told/teased that i sway like a girl when i walk. i really never realized it, unless i was purposely swaying in drag, but since i was told, i notice that i actually do. i know i stand like a girl. i conscientiously used to imitate the stance of a girl i had a crush on in 3rd grade, been standing with one leg slightly apart and bent at the knee ever since. i don't always sit like a girl, but more often than not, i'll find myself with legs together and my ankles crossed under my chair. and, relatively new to my repertoire of feminine moves, is bending at the knees to pick something up from the floor.