Sometimes when I'm sitting down I'll cross my legs, do any bio guys do this?

It's taken as an effeminate quality, but yes, bio men do indeed cross their legs.

I don't do it all of the time but when I'm nervous or uncomfortable then I cross my legs.

I do. But then again I'm trans.

But ehm, I've seen many kinda manly guys do it. They do it differently from girls though - the knees usually don't seem to touch each other. Usually seen in intellectuals.

My knees usually don't touch but if I'm in a tight space they do.

Bio-guys place one ankle on top of the opposite knee.  Guys take up space, they seem to spread out.

yeah they definitely do, but seen as effemenite sometimes. unless its just cause theyre Italian lmao. (i believe im allowed to say that since i am italian, and cause like my whole italian side of the family guys are always goddamn crossing theyre legs lol)

Quote from: Janet Lynn on October 24, 2010, 01:01:28 AM
Bio-guys place one ankle on top of the opposite knee.  Guys take up space, they seem to spread out.

This is what I do. My dad does it, too, so when we sit next to each other, both looking at our phones, it looks so weird xP

But yeah, when men cross their legs they usually put on ankle on top of the opposite knee. I guess taking up space is a masculine thing? I don't know. Guys at my school also stick their legs out in front of their desks, which is kind of obstructing, but I guess they're trying to let people know that that's their space.

Yes. I've noticed Brandon Flowers of The Killers does a lot.
I cant sit cross legged. I have to force my legs to stay that way. I just tried it, I can't get knees near touching. I have poor flexibility. I remember in high school gym class we had to stretch as far as we could and reach a board that had a ruler on it. I couldn't reach the board. I have a hard time with Indian style too.

Yes they do, I never cross my legs and never have, I dont know, it just doesnt feel right to me. Ive even seen bio guys who cross their legs the feminine way though.

Maybe it's a British thing, or a middle-class one ... but yes, in my world guys cross their legs ... and not always in the ankle-to-knee splayed-out way. But ere are always postural differences in, say, the placement of hands, or the way men will often lean back a little as they do it, whereas women tend to sit more upright. It's a big generalization, but by and large men will try to maximize the physical presence whereas women minimize theirs to seem, respectively more masculine and feminine

I understand that the not crossing legs tightly thing is supposed to imply little johnny is big enough that "ladylike" leg crossing irritates him. Whether leg-crossing is feminine or not depends on your location and the circles you travel in. In my case it's feminine and should be avoided LOL.

My very masculine dad used to cross one leg over the other. It sort of bothered me a little when I was growing up. I've always preferred ankle on knee, myself. I find it more comfortable.

Some of the men in my discussion group cross their legs. But then, they're gay.

Yeah, my best friend does it all the time. More than I do. But then, he's very very very gay.

It used to be somewhat more common for men to do it - in fact, crossing legs at the knee was actually seen as unladylike (and that's what I was taught growing up...old-fashioned manners in my family). If you watch old TV/movies you'll see a ton of guys crossing their legs at the knee when they sit. Younger guys now tend to take up more space, slouch more, and sit in a more relaxed posture - it's rare to see a young straight guy sitting upright with his legs crossed at the knee. But it still happens. If you do it, make sure you're packing, because it tends to make your...package...fairly obvious.

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Quote from: Carlita on October 24, 2010, 01:40:51 AM
Maybe it's a British thing, or a middle-class one ... but yes, in my world guys cross their legs ... and not always in the ankle-to-knee splayed-out way. But ere are always postural differences in, say, the placement of hands, or the way men will often lean back a little as they do it, whereas women tend to sit more upright. It's a big generalization, but by and large men will try to maximize the physical presence whereas women minimize theirs to seem, respectively more masculine and feminine

Yeah i'm from the UK and see this all the time. My dad's a masculine guy but crosses his legs at the knee.

Quote from: Kentrie on October 24, 2010, 12:47:43 AM
Sometimes when I'm sitting down I'll cross my legs, do any bio guys do this?

Since when was crossing legs a women's thing? Give yourself a break. Men do cross their legs. However, not totally, generally they cross further down the leg and have their upper leg horizontal rather than crossed at the groin with the upper leg faced down towards the ground. This is for obvious reasons.

Many bio-guys in my class cross their legs. Then again, my class pretty much consists of nerds and eccentric intellectuals. We have two male Twilight fans, several guys who watched The Powerpuff girls when they were kids, and no "macho men".

The "manly macho man" guys in my previous school sat with their legs in the ankle-to-knee way. The kind of guys who were very vocal against "->-bleeped-<-s, ->-bleeped-<-s, the immigrants, etc".

I sit with my legs crossed sometimes, and then the ankle-to-knee position if I'm sitting on, say, a park bench and reading. It provides a nice sort of "shelf" for the book to lie upon. I don't pack, so I s'ppose it looks a bit odd, but who cares?

i know a straight cismale who crosses his legs? and sits in various strange positions on a regular basis. i don't see why it matters, you're a guy, you cross your legs, so yes, there are guys that cross their legs.

Plenty of bio guys cross their legs at the knee.  Including heterosexual guys, and even some who are homophobic Republican types.  It's pretty common among guys I know.  But it does seem to vary depending on the culture or group of people, as has already been pointed out.