Rumor: Crossing your legs will affect reproductive health.
Truth: No evidence!
When crossing your legs, the leg placed on it will be relaxed and comfortable because there is no need to bear heavy loads. There is no doubt that the pressure on the weight-bearing leg below will definitely increase.
Physiologically speaking, this will make the knee joint and the nearby nerves and blood vessels under certain compression. In addition, due to the cross position of the legs, the heat dissipation of the thighs and perineum will also be reduced.
For men, crossing their legs may cause a short-term increase in perineal temperature and even bring discomfort. This is mainly caused by an increase in local pressure, which affects blood flow in the region.
Therefore, it is not recommended to cross your legs tightly for a long time, which is indeed too much space for men. However, there is no clear research result on whether the above effects will affect male reproductive function.
For women, crossing their legs usually does not cause perineal discomfort, and there is no clear research suggesting that crossing their legs will increase the risk of gynecological diseases.
In other words, there are many kinds of gynecological diseases and the influencing factors are complicated. We cannot simply attribute them to the movement of crossing our legs.