Have you ever thought about why your balls are outside the body when every other organ is not? Well they want to be cool and feel free man! When you sit with your legs crossed all day the testicles might not do their job properly, and their job is to produce testosterone. Dr. Stephannie Walker, an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Wake Forest University, claims the way we sit may effect a lot more than we think: "I've seen studies where, when a person's posture was manipulated, the person's feelings and behaviors changed along with their hormone levels. Participants saw an increase in testosterone and a decrease in cortisol, which is linked to stress.". There are also studies showing that man-spread increases our preception of masculinity (with may affect the production of testosterone).
I'm a frequent leg crosser, and when thinking about it, thats how I can sit at the computer for hours! I have to change that.
Please do my
man-spread-poll here!Sources:
Revealed: The scientific explanation behind 'manspreading'
I man-spreaded everywhere for a week and I?ve never felt more confident
The contribution of bodily posture to gender stereotypical impressions
