Why this orthopedic surgeon insists women should 'sit like a man'
What does it mean to sit like a man? If you live in a city with a subway, your mind might leap to the scourge of “manspreading,” in which men sit with their legs wide apart, taking up more than one seat. But Barbara Bergin, an orthopedic surgeon in Austin, Texas, believes sitting like a man means emulating men’s posture in the name of joint health.The movement to encourage women to sit like a man – or S.L.A.M. as Bergin calls it – started with an ache in the doctor’s own hips. […]
