# Woman, sitting. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 6, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658 "2010-07-06T02:05:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658/1 "2010-07-06T02:05:11Z")
Clever title, huh? Anyway, is uncomfortable in her genetal area for a woman to sit with her legs together for a long time as it is for a man? I’ve heard men complain about it, and it is for me, but I’ve never heard a woman say anything about it. I know women have “stuff” down there too, so I imagine there would be similar discomfort. But I don’t know. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658/2 "2010-07-06T04:03:39Z")
No, luv, the ‘stuff’ we have is handily stored inside, and what hangs outside neatly fits in between our inner thighs (am I really answering this at work? I must be nuts). The only pain (more like fatigue) comes from holding the legs together for extended periods of time. That’s it. I’m sure others will chime in, but there’s one point on the graph for ya. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658/3 "2010-07-06T04:06:53Z")
Only time my girlie bits were ever sore from sitting was when I started bicycling to work. There, they were getting squashed. A couple of weeks made them into sterner stuff, and they no longer complain. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658/4 "2010-07-06T04:13:08Z")
Since I doubt that there have been extensive scientific studies on this question, and few people will be able to offer comparative data on the basis of their own personal experience, this is better served in IMHO than GQ. > [@mangeorge](#): > > I know women have “stuff” down there too, Cite? 🙂 Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658/5 "2010-07-06T04:58:38Z")
> [@KinkiNipponTourist](#): > > No, luv, the ‘stuff’ we have is handily stored inside, and what hangs outside neatly fits in between our inner thighs (am I really answering this at work? I must be nuts). … But as you point out, not have them. "“Balls’ said the Queen, ‘If I had them I’d be King.’ The King laughed. He had t(w)o. The Queen laughed. She wanted t(w)o.” - Proximate source - my late father-in-law - but it must come from somewhere … ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658/6 "2010-07-06T05:48:27Z")
**DSeid** , I did run across [this reference](http://www.bookrags.com/tandf/balls-cried-the-king-the-queen-laughed-tf/). Without using quotations marks, I searched for: **The Queen laughed. She wanted to.** I realize that I changed the spelling on the last word and left off the parenthetical versions. Your late father-in-law must have been a character. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658/7 "2010-07-06T13:13:37Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Since I doubt that there have been extensive scientific studies on this question, and few people will be able to offer comparative data on the basis of their own personal experience, this is better served in IMHO than GQ. > > Cite? 🙂 > > Colibri > General Questions Moderator Sorry, no pictures allowed. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658/8 "2010-07-06T13:46:38Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > I’ve heard men complain about it, and it is for me, I’m a guy, and have a coupla handfuls down there, but I’ve never had problems sitting. Last Sunday I sat in my kayak seat for 8 straight hours. My shoulders and back were complaining, but my cock/balls never said a word.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658/9 "2010-07-06T14:11:48Z")
fresh air and exercise is the remedy. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658/10 "2010-07-06T14:47:12Z")
“Need answer fast!” ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658/11 "2010-07-06T15:05:59Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’m a guy, and have a coupla handfuls down there, Cite! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658/12 "2010-07-06T15:12:29Z")
I’m a man, and I’ve never had that problem. After a long time my butt gets sore, but that’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658/13 "2010-07-06T15:16:10Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > Cite! 😛 My “post” is my cite!😛 ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658/14 "2010-07-06T15:55:12Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I’m a man, and I’ve never had that problem. > > After a long time my butt gets sore, but that’s about it. I’m not claiming agony here, just a little discomfort. You know, where you reach down inside your pants and move things around. Baseball players used to do it, mostly externally, until the christians complained and they were told to stop it. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658/15 "2010-07-06T16:55:26Z")
If I’m wearing tight pants, it can kill. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658/16 "2010-07-06T17:09:37Z")
> [@rhubarbarin](#): > > If I’m wearing tight pants, it can kill. That’s what happens when you sit down The Wrong Way.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658/17 "2010-07-06T17:30:17Z")
OK, in tight pants I can see this. I occasionally have to rearrange the living room. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658/18 "2010-07-07T01:44:35Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > Clever title, huh? > Anyway, is uncomfortable in her genetal area for a woman to sit with her legs together for a long time as it is for a man? > I’ve heard men complain about it, and it is for me, but I’ve never heard a woman say anything about it. I know women have “stuff” down there too, so I imagine there would be similar discomfort. But I don’t know. > Peace, > mangeorge I’m male and I haen’t the vaguest idea what you’re talking about. I have stuff down there but I don’t sit on top of it when I sit down. And if I did I’d do some adjusting immediately and fix the problem, not sit there uncomfortably perched on top of it for “a long time”. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658/19 "2010-07-07T02:18:58Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > I’m male and I haen’t the vaguest idea what you’re talking about. I have stuff down there but I don’t sit on top of it when I sit down. And if I did I’d do some adjusting immediately and fix the problem, not sit there uncomfortably perched on top of it for “a long time”. I wish I could afford to always fly first class. In the class I have to fly we often have to sit with our legs together, for hours sometimes. See post #17. we’re not talking about sitting “on top of it”. Now if you want to elbow those in seats a & c while tugging at your scrotum, well, that’s just mean. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658/20 "2010-07-07T03:42:20Z")
I repeat, I have no problem, zero angst, about sitting for hours and hours and hours with my knees touching. I don’t understand why lots of guys seem to find it necessary to aim their knees at 45° angles from each other. Got a medical condition down there? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658.md?page=2)