Here's an interesting tidbit on posture:
"One of the causes of poor posture is not what you would normally think. It is actually this: In cultures in which there is an unhealthy shame associated with maturation, sexuality, and the body organs associated therewith, young men, ashamed that someone might notice that they have genitals (which at times are inconveniently excitable), will slightly tilt their pelvis backward, in a conscious or unconscious effort at hiding their masculine profiles. In doing so, they inadvertently throw off the entire alignment of their spines. Young women, alarmed by their developing breasts, will slump their shoulders and concave their chests in an attempt to delay the appearance of the inevitable. The result for both is bad posture.
As a start to good posture, embrace and accept your maturing bodies. However, if shame is something you would like to have in common with your partner, look for the guy or gal who is hunched over and unable to make eye contact with you."
Loren M. Lambert © April 11, 2013
"One of the causes of poor posture is not what you would normally think. It is actually this: In cultures in which there is an unhealthy shame associated with maturation, sexuality, and the body organs associated therewith, young men, ashamed that someone might notice that they have genitals (which at times are inconveniently excitable), will slightly tilt their pelvis backward, in a conscious or unconscious effort at hiding their masculine profiles. In doing so, they inadvertently throw off the entire alignment of their spines. Young women, alarmed by their developing breasts, will slump their shoulders and concave their chests in an attempt to delay the appearance of the inevitable. The result for both is bad posture.
As a start to good posture, embrace and accept your maturing bodies. However, if shame is something you would like to have in common with your partner, look for the guy or gal who is hunched over and unable to make eye contact with you."
Loren M. Lambert © April 11, 2013
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