how men sit vs. how women sit

When I was little, I remember my parents making me go to Cotillion, and they taught the girls how to sit “properly.” I couldn’t help but think it was so ridiculous, but as I got older I realized that the gender roles that society gives males and females. Gender roles even go as far as to say how males and females were supposed to sit.  I’ve noticed the difference in how men and women sit in church, in class, and at restaurants, and it is always the same.  In the picture above you can see that women are supposed to sit with their hands in their laps, legs/ankles crossed, and with good posture. In contrast, the rules for how males sit aren’t as strict. Males can sit slouched with their legs open and nobody thinks anything of it, but if a woman sits like that then it is isn’t “lady-like.”