r/bodylanguage 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/Less_Professional152 4d ago

It must be because you have wider shoulders or something because I tried for fun and it didn’t give me the same satisfaction as it seems to give you boys

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u/FogBankDeposit 4d ago

Basically this. We’re top heavy, so leaning back in a chair takes a load off.

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u/Fuck_it_we_ball_ 4d ago

Yeah women are famous for having nothing heavy on their upper bodies.

Just joking, but your point would kind of imply that women with big booms would be doing this a a lot, and apparently they don’t. But they do get surgery which seems a bit more work than just leaning back

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u/DustandRebar 4d ago

That all being said, a woman's center of gravity is typically lower down, just above her hips since women tend to have wider hips. A man's center of gravity is higher up, usually in his lower chest because men have broader shoulders.

I used to be an athletics instructor and that was something I had to account for when teaching center of gravity balance exercises.