Title: Body language: Sitting and standing with legs crossed - PsychMechanics
Headings: Body language: Sitting and standing with legs crossed
Body language: Sitting and standing with legs crossed
Standing with legs crossed (leg scissors)
Sitting cross-legged body language
Why sitting cross-legged is attractive

Content: During a conversation, it can indicate a withdrawn attitude. People who cross their legs in the seated position tend to talk in shorter sentences and reject more proposals. They’re also are more inattentive to what’s going on compared to those who sit in a more ‘open’ position. Apart from the usual defensive attitude, the seated legs-crossed position can convey a lot more. For example, while seated, women frequently cross and uncross their legs if they like what’s going on or are in the company of people they like. Women use submissive gestures to display attractiveness. Sitting in a leg-crossed position, besides revealing the thigh, also signals submissiveness. Therefore, women unconsciously assume this position when they sit to appear attractive. Unsurprisingly, many polls and surveys have revealed that men find the seated legs-crossed position the most attractive sitting position a woman can take. Why sitting cross-legged is attractive
Sitting with legs crossed reduces the overall perceived size of a woman.