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: This is how you do elimination to figure out the meaning of gestures that can have over one meaning. You have to look at the whole situation, everything that precedes and succeeds it. Had the first person really ‘opened up’ to the other person, then both of them should’ve assumed the ‘opened up’ position as per the rules of rapport establishment. But since that did not happen, it probably means they got off on a wrong footing. Sitting cross-legged body language
It conveys the same ‘closed’ and defensive attitude as that in the standing position. During a conversation, it can indicate a withdrawn attitude.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.