~Leg Reveals What Mind Wants To Do~

First of all, our legs have two basic purposes which are to move forward to get food and to run away from danger.

 This is because our brain is directed to move towards what we want and move away from what we do not want.

Thus, the way a person uses leg or feet show where they want to go actually.

In simple word, during conversation, we can see a person's commitment whether to leave or stay in the conversation.

For example, open or uncrossed leg show open attitude while close or crossed leg show close attitude.

Meanwhile, a woman who is not interested in a man will fold her arms on her chest and cross her legs to give no-go signal but an interested woman will open herself to him.

Basically, there are four main type of standing positions that always been used which are at attention, legs apart, the foot-forward and leg cross.

1. At attention

• This is a formal standing position to show a neutral attitude with no commitment to stay or go.
• It is used mostly by women compared to men as "no comment" signal.
• Schoolchildren use it when they are talking to a teacher while junior officers use it when they are talking to senior officers.

2. Legs apart

• Usually men use this standing position and  it is like a standing crotch display.

• The crotch display places both feet firmly on the ground, making a clear statement that he has no attention of leaving.
• The crotch display always  used by macho men and tough guys.

3. The foot-forward

• Body weight is shifted to one hip, which leaves the front foot pointing forward
• During middle ages, painting showed high status of men standing in the foot-forward position as it allowed them to display their fine hosiery, shoes and breeches.
• It also pointing where minds want to go.

4. Leg cross

• In some situation, we can see people standing with their legs and arms crossed.
• If they are wearing jackets or coats, they are most likely to be buttoned.
• This is because they do not know others well.
• Crossed legs show a closed, submissiveness or defensive attitudes as they symbolically deny any access to the genitals.

These are all about different kind of standing positions. In the next post, we will learn something new but related with body gestures. 

~CROSS-CULTURAL GESTURES~

Did you know that there are three common hand gestures that we always use in daily conversation? what are the three type of common hand gestures?

Here, we go!

1. THE RING

 2. THUMB-UP

3. V- SIGN

So,lets move on the details.

what is meant by THE RING??

Generally, this kind of hand gesture has been popularized in USA during early 19 century by newspaper that used initial to shorten common phrases. However, there are many version of interpretations of initials 'OK' which originally means 'all correct' that often mispelled as 'oll korrect'  while some people interpret it as opposite of 'knock out' or 'KO'. There is also another popular popular that it is a short form of 'Old Kinderhook' which is taken from the birthplace of a 19century American president who used this initial as a campaign slogan. In addition, it is so obvious that the ring itself represent the letter "O" on "OK" signal. In Paris, they interpret it as 'Zero' or 'Worthless' but in Japan, it means 'money'. However, in some Mediterranean country, it is an orifice signal often used to infer that  a man is homosexual.

  so, How's about THE THUMB-UP??

For some places that have strong influence of British influence like Australia, USA, and New Zealand, the thumb-up gesture means :

• hitch-hikers who are thumbing a lift, it means OK signal
• when the thumb is jerked sharply upwards it has different meaning which show insult, meaning 'Up Yours' or 'Sit on this'.
• for some countries like Greece, if the thumb is thrust forward and it means 'get stuffed'!

However, when European counts from 1 to 5, they use thumb up to show 'One', the finger index become 'Two' meanwhile English speaker starts count 'One' on index finger and 'Two' on middle finger.

lastly, we move on to THE V-SIGN!

The sign is common in Australia, New Zealand as well as Britain which carry meaning of 'up yours'. The "V for Victory sign" has been popularized by Winston during world war 2, but his two-fingered version was done with the palm is facing out, whereas palm faces towards the speaker for the obscene insult version. In part of Europe, the palm-facing-in version still means victory. This signal also has been used by European to represent number 2, and if the insulted European was a bartender, his response could be to give an Englishman, American or Australian 2 mugs of beers.

before, i end, Lets watch some useful video to enhance our understanding. Enjoy!!