# Poll for men and women - sitting and sexual preference **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 26, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-and-women-sitting-and-sexual-preference/614023 "2012-02-26T01:51:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-and-women-sitting-and-sexual-preference/614023/61 "2012-03-01T02:48:44Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Try to avoid making a habit of it. It’s taken me a long time to get out of the habit. But if you have any hip problems at all (I have one arthritic hip that has bothered me since I was 20), sitting with legs crossed will exacerbate that. The joints get stressed and you’re sitting unevenly. I have no hip problems, it’s more comfortable than ankle-on-knee (when I’m able to do it), and I know plenty of women my age (40) who sit knee-over-knee all of the time and have never had a problem with it… ---
**Author:** ![spankthecrumpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@spankthecrumpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spankthecrumpet)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-and-women-sitting-and-sexual-preference/614023/62 "2012-03-01T15:25:42Z")
I’ve created a thread to test my [fatness](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=643795) theory ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-and-women-sitting-and-sexual-preference/614023/63 "2012-03-01T17:28:35Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > Female, straight, and you have missed the two most common ways I sit with my legs crossed. (1) crossed at ankle (2) crossed at knee, with foot tucked around ankle. Crossed at ankle is my standard way. I used to do your position (2) when I was younger, but somehow it isn’t comfortable anymore. Female, straight. ---
**Author:** ![Apex\_Rogers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Apex\_Rogers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apex_Rogers)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-and-women-sitting-and-sexual-preference/614023/64 "2012-03-01T20:32:55Z")
I don’t get how other guys sit with their legs crossed knee-over-knee. Doesn’t their junk get crushed? All I know is it is extremely painful for me to even attempt it, let alone choose that as a comfortable sitting posture. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-and-women-sitting-and-sexual-preference/614023/65 "2012-03-01T20:43:52Z")
> [@Apex\_Rogers](#): > > I don’t get how other guys sit with their legs crossed knee-over-knee. Doesn’t their junk get crushed? All I know is it is extremely painful for me to even attempt it, let alone choose that as a comfortable sitting posture. Apparently you missed my explanation for it in post #30: > [@Happy Lendervedder](#): > > People who wonder how guys sit knee-on-knee: When you have a long enough dick and a floppy scortum, it’s no problem whatsoever to shift it all up when you want to cross your legs. Seriously. I suspect the guys who have more of a “button” or “stub” would find shifting it out of the way to be a problem. > > Ladies, take note. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Apex\_Rogers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Apex\_Rogers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apex_Rogers)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-and-women-sitting-and-sexual-preference/614023/66 "2012-03-01T20:58:47Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Apparently you missed my explanation for it in post #30: > > 😃 Good one! As someone who wears boxers, I would have to grab my junk and pull it up out of the way just to cross my legs and sit down. Maybe you have no such trepidations about grabbing your crotch in polite company, but to me that seems a bit much to go through just to have a seat. Even with such contortions, I still find the end result not very comfortable. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-and-women-sitting-and-sexual-preference/614023/67 "2012-03-01T20:59:54Z")
When I (female) sit in a chair, I like to sit with my ankle on my knee (and I’m only a little overweight :p). When I sit on the floor, I like to sit in half-lotus position. And I’ve been scolded for doing both. I’ve been told I sit like a man when I sit in a chair, and when I worked with kids they could not get over how I sat on the floor, like it was some sort of freak position. It’s not – I’m way more comfortable like that than sitting “criss cross applesauce” like they do. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-men-and-women-sitting-and-sexual-preference/614023.md?page=3)