Crossed legs

Crossing legs is described in various stories of mine. Here is why we do it:

Why do females usually cross their legs?
women use submissive gestures to display attractiveness. Sitting in a leg-crossed position, besides revealing the thigh, also signals a submissive attitude and therefore women unconsciously assume this position when they sit to appear attractive, and they do. Many polls and surveys have revealed that men find the seated legs-crossed position the most attractive seated position a woman can take.
 * We are taught to..
 * You take up less space and it hides your crotch from view (why it's especially important with skirts).
 * Yes it's comfortable. It's also drilled into our heads that we need to sit "ladylike " and "keep our legs closed."

Also, sitting with legs crossed reduces the overall perceived size of a woman. Dominance and submission are proportional to body size. More the body size, more dominant an organism is perceived to be. Less the body size, more submissive an organism is perceived to be. This is one reason why men like to be bigger or taller and women want to appear at least thinner, if not shorter.

When we are interested in someone, we tend to cross our legs in the direction of that person such that both our knees point to that person. Again, this gesture is also more frequently observed in women. In a seated position, if they like a guy they are talking to they’ll take up this gesture and if the guy is also interested, he’ll soon follow suit and mirror her gesture.