r/bodylanguage • u/Less_Professional152 • 4d ago

Workplace Why do men do this?

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I’ve never once in my life seen a woman sit like this. Lol

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u/thawingfrog 4d ago edited 4d ago

Some dumb asses on here, this is very basic body language and nobody got it. It's called 'hooding' like a cobra, a dominant territorial display to appear larger, subconscious or not, that's what it is. It's cocky and overconfident in most cases.

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u/TurtleClubOwner 4d ago

Please tell me if I'm understanding you correctly:

If I'm sitting alone in my office and lean back in my chair to the point that my head is lolling backward, so I raise my arms, interlace my fingers behind my head, and rest my head there, I'm acting out a territorial, ego-driven display of dominance?

I think it's pretty reasonable to say that it might actually just be a comfortable position to sit in for a short time. Do you think that's so unreasonable an assertion that whoever says so is a dumbass and not getting it right?

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u/Less_Professional152 4d ago

I get the vibe it’s a bit flirty and cocky too. Like ‘look at my arms’

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u/thawingfrog 4d ago

I would avoid any lads that do this often or as a way of 'flirting'.

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u/No-Examination-4850 4d ago

Massage therapist here men constantly do this on my table and I have to gently take their arms and put them back at their sides LOL

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u/Last-Tax-5340 7h ago

Wieso interpretiert man so viel Müll in sowas hinein? Ich machs öfter alle 30-40 Minuten wegen höllischen Nacken/Schulterverspannungen und in den Arm strahlenden Schmerzen in dem Bereich. Dann muss man lesen, man tut es um überheblich zu wirken. Wieso muss man in alles immer etwas hineininterpretieren