Catch!
This morning when I tossed a bottle of water to my mom I noticed the way she caught it. She had her hands joined at the wrist and fingers spread wide. From my days of yore playing street cricket and watching the sport on TV I know that's not how a guy would catch something tossed at him. Guys tend to have their fingers pressed together.
I remember having read "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (at least that's where I *think* I read this) where Huck tries to pass for a girl in front of an old lady. The lady deduced that he is not a she by the way he caught a ball of wool thrown at him. The lady explains that while catching something when seated, guys tend to draw their legs together and girls the opposite. I've doubtless seen girls catch things when they are seated but I can't, for the life of me, remember such a time. Any girls out there that can verify this for me? I can vouch for the way guys catch things.
Is there any explanation for these differences? Does it have anything to do with attire? Making a few sweeping generalizations let's assume that the typical attire for girls is a skirt or skirt-like article of clothing and that guys typically wear pants. So, does spreading their legs give girls the feeling of having a safety net so to speak if the object slips through their hands? Applying the same to guys, drawing their legs together closes the gap behind their hands thus providing a measure of safety. Any other theories? What if the girl is wearing pants?!
I remember having read "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (at least that's where I *think* I read this) where Huck tries to pass for a girl in front of an old lady. The lady deduced that he is not a she by the way he caught a ball of wool thrown at him. The lady explains that while catching something when seated, guys tend to draw their legs together and girls the opposite. I've doubtless seen girls catch things when they are seated but I can't, for the life of me, remember such a time. Any girls out there that can verify this for me? I can vouch for the way guys catch things.
Is there any explanation for these differences? Does it have anything to do with attire? Making a few sweeping generalizations let's assume that the typical attire for girls is a skirt or skirt-like article of clothing and that guys typically wear pants. So, does spreading their legs give girls the feeling of having a safety net so to speak if the object slips through their hands? Applying the same to guys, drawing their legs together closes the gap behind their hands thus providing a measure of safety. Any other theories? What if the girl is wearing pants?!