On 7/22/03 1:06 PM,"Joan Erickson" posted:

wild wrote:

Also the carrying angle of the arms is greater in woman than men. That
is, if arms are held straight down with palms facing forward, the angle
between directly down and where the forearm actually points is bigger in
women.
And I learned the difference between men's and women's arms when DH was
teaching me how to bowl. The inside of men's elbows face their side
when hanging straight down--womens' face more out. Makes a big
difference in how the ball reacts. Women usually have to counteract the
way their arm wants to swing to get the ball down the lane properly.
When I was discussing this with my anthropology-hobbyist boss, we
figured it probably had something genetically/evolutionarally (is that a
word?) to do with women carrying children. Also why our balance point
(I think that's right) is more toward our hips and men's is their shoulders.

Women's pelvic girdle is wider. Legs at different, steeper angle toward
feet. Women's legs not as straight as men. Articulation in shoulder joint is
also different, as well as elbow slight difference - hence, throwing like a
girl. Shape of rib cage is slightly different, it's all pretty interesting.
Related to functionality of child-bearing - versus heavy lifting. That's why
the "standards" for figure proportions aren't exactly a norm, but a close
medium, and for female figures it's different than for men.

ellice