Theres a few things that helped me keep my legs shut, weight loss, hormones, and what I am wearing.

In female jeans I find it way easier to keep them shut...

As far as crossing, I am getting there slowly but its definitely not easy if its not something your accustomed to.

Quote from: ~RoadToTrista~ on March 05, 2013, 07:34:10 AM
Idk why you guys are saying it's not your junk. I can totally tell that that's the only reason I can't. >.<

I tend to agree. I have always been able to cross my legs, but I find it a lot easier to do since my orchi. No more pinching and uncomfortable feelings from down below.

Quote from: Emily Elizabeth on March 05, 2013, 06:57:44 AM
It's a combination of flexibility and weight in the legs as far as I can tell. I have several cis female friends that are overweight and can't do it at all. I also have cis female friends that are not overweight and can't do it, so they do it "like a guy". I know guys that are in unbelievable shape that can do it with ease. So I deduce it's flexibility and weight, but really can't tell cause I'm one of the ones that can't do it either.

I have to agree with this.  As a biological woman (and morbidly obese to add) I cannot cross my legs any it feels more natural for me have them spread at the knees so it's definately a combination of weight and flexibility....for me at least.

I am one of the least flexible people I know, and my junk is not small. I don't have any problem putting one leg over the other. I can even twist them around one another for one more cross.

I think it's mostly that I have very thin legs, though maybe my hip geometry has some female element to it.

Quote from: Maegan on March 05, 2013, 08:22:30 AM
I tend to agree. I have always been able to cross my legs, but I find it a lot easier to do since my orchi. No more pinching and uncomfortable feelings from down below.

Yes absolutely, one of the many physical and emotional perks of an orchiectomy!

I think Peky has a point. It's probably that the top of the femur is situated further apart on females than on males.

That said, I always cross my legs in public even without thinking about it. Junk size may be part of it because mine is tiny and I've never pinched even when untucked. Thigh fat may have something to do with it when they get to a certain point because my mom has HUGE thighs and I never see her cross her legs. But mine are big and fat and... like I said I don't have much problem.

I'm really flexible though... I can put my legs behind my head and, while laying on my back, bring my knee up to my chest and even down to the floor if I want to.

Doctors recommend against crossing your legs, it can raise your blood pressure.

Quote from: suzifrommd on March 05, 2013, 08:47:26 AM
I am one of the least flexible people I know, and my junk is not small. I don't have any problem putting one leg over the other. I can even twist them around one another for one more cross.

I think it's mostly that I have very thin legs, though maybe my hip geometry has some female element to it.

I can do a "double cross" too...at the thighs, then again at the ankles. The odd thing is, it's painful (at the knees) if I do it when not having sex. During sex for some reason it's a LOT easier and much more...enjoyable.   

I have always crossed my legs like this ever since I was younger, it just feels so natural. The boy parts never get in the way...maybe it helps to be on the small side down there?

I just took this as I sit here watching mindless morning tv




An older pic,

Yeah. I've been trying to figure this one out, myself, and I've pretty much come to the conclusion that I'm too fat for it. 

Quote from: muuu on March 04, 2013, 10:31:46 PM
Simpler English? >.<

The sockets of the leg bone (femur) are father away in cis-females relative to a simliar size cis male

In cis females the socket faces inwards, and thus the femurs veer towrds the center (midline)


Now, and to the delight of many. Many TS folks have ci-female pelvises! sya what? yeah ladies, the same genes and hormones that caused some -if not all- the parts of your brain to turn "female," tend to express in other parts of your body.


<hear stamped towards the X-ray machine and the radiologist>   

An yeah, I know this because I am a "book worm" B

Quote from: AllieM on March 04, 2013, 11:50:45 PM
Huh, ok well I can do that >.< I actually have never sat like a guy. I am always in some sort of ball, crossed leg, sitting on feet, etc position when im in a chair. Very rarely have i put my foot on my knee in the traditional guy pose.

The only sitting position i have a hard time with is sitting with my feet folded on my sides like this:

You see how your right calf rest near the top of your left knee? that is because you may have a cis-male pelvis. Note that in most cis females the calf sits on the top of the tight...


Still, as "book worm" versed on human anatomy,  I would say that you,  my dear lady,  have a pair of beautifully femnine legs

OO

Dr. Peky

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Quote from: ~RoadToTrista~ on March 05, 2013, 07:34:10 AM
I was able to do it before puberty.

Idk why you guys are saying it's not your junk. I can totally tell that that's the only reason I can't. >.<

Your junk is flexible. You can put it up so it sits "on top" of your legs when you cross them, or down so it's underneath, in both cases avoiding the squishing. If you tuck, the testes are completely protected, too.

Really, mine isn't huge but still pretty average - not that I've compared, but I guess so - yet I've never had the slightest problem. Just have to move it away. Well, actually, mine pretty much slide away on their own if they're in the way.

I've never smashed my stuff with my own thighs... It must suck!

pretty sure it's just a person to person thing, dealing with weight and flexibility. like me? I'm a slender male at the moment and have no issue with it. My junk does not impede me regardless of it's *ahem* generous (although unwanted obviously) size.

Quote from: peky on March 05, 2013, 01:17:28 PM
You see how your right calf rest near the top of your left knee? that is because you may have a cis-male pelvis. Note that in most cis females the calf sits on the top of the tight...

Still, as "book worm" versed on human anatomy,  I would say that you,  my dear lady,  have a pair of beautifully femnine legs

OO

Dr. Peky

OK so, out of curiosity (I forgot why it was not as comfortable to sit the way shown in the pic i posted) I tried it out. And I can sit like that fairly easily, though out of all the ways I sit it is not as comfortable. It kinda puts a little strain on my knees. Which is odd since I can usually bend my knee back and have my foot pass my thigh when standing.

I was the kid growing up who could put her feet behind her head and all that stuff

And now that I'm thinking of it, one fairly feminine position I can't sit in is having my legs stretched out in front of me and sitting straight up. But I kind of blame this on flexibility more than anything..

Nnngh, I'm jealous. I can barely touch my toes while sitting with my legs straight, and with much effort and pain. For that matter, most of my articulations don't even get to the point where they're truly straight, and stay a little bended no matter what, let alone bend backwards. I wish I could open myself up and correct these unnecessarily tight tendons and ligaments.

Oh, uhm, the pain is behind the knees and in the calves. It really does feel like it's the tendons and ligaments. Though with how much time I spend in front of a computer, I admit it would have been very possible.

My skinny origami legs as I sit here having my coffee