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Jumped Up Chimpanzee Member (Idle past 4970 days) Posts: 572 From: UK Joined: |
This may sound very weird but it's a genuine question.
I've recently become intrigued by the fact that so many women walk around with their arms folded (crossed over their belly). They do this in all kinds of situations and weather - even when it's hot. It's something I must have seen all my life but never really noticed before. Now I have noticed it I see it all the time. Men may often cross their arms, but only when they are sitting or standing still. I don't think I have ever seen a man walking with his arms folded. It would be so odd I can't even picture it. I certainly could never imagine why I would want to do it myself. Is there an evolutionary or biomechanical explanation for why so many women do this?
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Thread copied here from the Ladies...why walk with your arms folded? thread in the Proposed New Topics forum.
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purpledawn Member (Idle past 3485 days) Posts: 4453 From: Indiana Joined: |
Are you talking about this arm-cross?
Besides self-comforting or if one is chilly, there is also the times when the wardrobe may not be functioning well. Crossed arms help keep everything in place. Sometimes it is due to being self conscious of ones shape or the spot the kid just left on one's shirt. Sometimes we just don't know what to do with our hands. Our pants don't always have pockets. When I don't have pockets I tend to cross my arms. Sometimes my purse starts to annoy my shoulder and I cross my arms to change the stress point (usually when I don't have pockets). Those are just a few things I thought of as I walked through the kitchen with my arms crossed.
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Granny Magda Member Posts: 2462 From: UK Joined: Member Rating: 3.8 |
Hi JUC,
Maybe you should just quit staring at their boobs... Mutate and Survive
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ringo Member (Idle past 440 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
Jumped Up Chimpanzee writes:
I can honestly say that I don't recall ever having seen that. I've recently become intrigued by the fact that so many women walk around with their arms folded (crossed over their belly). Granny Magda may have me pegged:
Maybe you should just quit staring at their boobs... but I'm going out this afternoon to do some research. If I get arrested or slapped, it's your fault. I rode off into the sunset, went all the way around the world and now I\'m back where I started.
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Apothecus Member (Idle past 2438 days) Posts: 275 From: CA USA Joined: |
Sharon (your avatar's Sharon Stone, yes?) is crossing her arms.
I can honestly say that I don't recall ever having seen that. I think there's a psychological case study in here somewhere... Have a good one.
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ringo Member (Idle past 440 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
Apothecus writes:
She isn't walking though. Sharon (your avatar's Sharon Stone, yes?) is crossing her arms. I rode off into the sunset, went all the way around the world and now I\'m back where I started.
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crashfrog Member (Idle past 1495 days) Posts: 19762 From: Silver Spring, MD Joined: |
Women are trained by our society to take up less personal space than men, so they keep their arms in and sit with their legs crossed, even when they're wearing pants.
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subbie Member (Idle past 1283 days) Posts: 3509 Joined: |
Women are trained by our society to take up less personal space than men, so they keep their arms in and sit with their legs crossed, even when they're wearing pants. Wow! I didn't even know that women were trainable. Thanks for the tip, dude. Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man ever had a distinct idea of the trinity. It is the mere Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of Jesus. -- Thomas Jefferson For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and non-believers. -- Barack Obama We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate
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crashfrog Member (Idle past 1495 days) Posts: 19762 From: Silver Spring, MD Joined: |
I didn't even know that women were trainable. Why wouldn't they be? Of course, you have to get 'em young:
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subbie Member (Idle past 1283 days) Posts: 3509 Joined: |
Gee, you mean you can train women with pretty pictures in glossy magazines? I figured it would take actual cosmetics, or at least small fish dangled over their heads.
How did you become so wise in the ways of training women? Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man ever had a distinct idea of the trinity. It is the mere Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of Jesus. -- Thomas Jefferson For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and non-believers. -- Barack Obama We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate
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crashfrog Member (Idle past 1495 days) Posts: 19762 From: Silver Spring, MD Joined: |
How did you become so wise in the ways of training women? I asked a few of them. Simple, really.
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subbie Member (Idle past 1283 days) Posts: 3509 Joined: |
Simple, really. Well, I never thought they were, but I'm sure you know best. Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man ever had a distinct idea of the trinity. It is the mere Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of Jesus. -- Thomas Jefferson For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and non-believers. -- Barack Obama We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate
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crashfrog Member (Idle past 1495 days) Posts: 19762 From: Silver Spring, MD Joined: |
LOL! Subbie, I think I missed you most of all.
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subbie Member (Idle past 1283 days) Posts: 3509 Joined: |
Good to have you back, young son.
Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man ever had a distinct idea of the trinity. It is the mere Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of Jesus. -- Thomas Jefferson For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and non-believers. -- Barack Obama We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate
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