Female Anatomy

[tracy_j]

This is maybe something which has been noted before - I came across it earlier this week :-

I was in my art drawing class at nightschool. The subject for the night was figure drawing (proportions). On giving us a copy of both male and female the tutor said that the way to spot a transexual was to look at the calves (lower leg). In a man they are behind the buttocks and in a woman they are in front. I had not realised this. I attach a drawing I have found (and cropped to upload) which shows this (at least for the ideal man and woman).

I have checked on myself and (unless I am checking wrong) found I am more like a woman as I find it impossible to get my calves behind. Is this unusual in someone who is not intersex? I know I (and probably few others) equate to the ideal man (and in my case I am glad), but as the tutor was not referring to me or being particularly predudice in any way I wonder how well it is known, and whether it is really noticed.

Tracy

[Guest Megan_Lynn]

This is maybe something which has been noted before - I came across it earlier this week :-

I was in my art drawing class at nightschool. The subject for the night was figure drawing (proportions). On giving us a copy of both male and female the tutor said that the way to spot a transexual was to look at the calves (lower leg). In a man they are behind the buttocks and in a woman they are in front. I had not realised this. I attach a drawing I have found (and cropped to upload) which shows this (at least for the ideal man and woman).

I have checked on myself and (unless I am checking wrong) found I am more like a woman as I find it impossible to get my calves behind. Is this unusual in someone who is not intersex? I know I (and probably few others) equate to the ideal man (and in my case I am glad), but as the tutor was not referring to me or being particularly predudice in any way I wonder how well it is known, and whether it is really noticed.

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Tracy

Not sure how much truth there is to this But I in no way follow the male pattern shown in the diagram..yay...This could very well be why people told me i walked like a girl decades before I transitioned.

[Guest Kalie Aowynn]

Oh thank Morrighan I am in front of my derrierre lol. I of course have been told for 2 decades that I walk and run like a woman. Well my wife confirmed that my calves are in front of my behind .The funny part is I have never really taken notice of that till just now upon reading this post. I am glad Tracy brought it up cause I love this stuff..

Even more than ever I believe I was meant to be a woman physically as well as to match my soul.

Thanks Tracy hugs Kalie

[Guest KimberlyF]

I'd think this may be a majority rule in a world of fit people with perfect health. The perfect posture in those drawings seems almost unnatural.

But what of a man with an ample buttocks? And when bad muscle tone enters the picture, the pelvis can tilt due to weak abs...like what can happen to some on HRT.

I'd put this in the same category as look for the protruding Adams Apple. It may work often but not always.

[Guest Brenda Hailey]

I enjoyed your picture and noticed the two people are naked except for the woman is wearing heels

Off to the mirror to check my calf to buttocks relationship...

Brenda

[Guest lostflower]

Tracy most of that is to do with posture even when standing up straight women stand differently

Women tend to hold their shoulders back tummy in and bum out it makes any slight differences more obvious but it's by no means a rule my legs are fantastic I may not have much in the way of prettyness or boobs but my legs and bum are first class

Hannah

[Guest Lizzie McTrucker]

I caught myself in the shower looking down and behind me to see if my calves stuck out further than my butt and it doesn't seem like it but my unit of measure (guessing by eyesight) isn't the most accurate...

[Guest LizMarie]

Back in the dark ages, long long ago when I was still in high school I was often told while on the track team that from behind I looked like one of the girls. And yes this was an era of long hair, which I exploited.

I suspect that Kim is correct that the above are extreme idealizations and that the reality is going to vary widely between actual people based on genetics, posture, age, and overall health.

[tracy_j]

All interesting posts with good comments. I have read the and thought about things a little. I think in practice it is fairly irrelevant whichever way your calves are. What is more important is posture and deportment. I suspect that in a similar way that my buttocks project further than my calves there are likely to be many women whose calves project beyond their buttocks. In the diagram it is the ideal woman (as determined by who???).

As I said - I never realised the fact about calves. In practice someone would almost never be in a position to easily gauge whether this is the case. Very few people would know this anyway so my opinion is that if your posture / movement is such like a woman actual physical characteristics matter little.

Tracy

[Guest Jaques]

.......having read the calves and buttocks revelation, i couldnt help laughing as i imagined people reading the post and rushing off to find a full length mirror, lol!

[Charlize]

Jaques, You would have laugher even louder at me ... standing up and twisting around right away. The results of the look are in. Old women shouldn't look. It hurts the back and leads to a complex about your backside.

Hugs,

Charlie

[Guest Placebo1113]

I'm pretty sure than if anyone with any kind of boobage stood like the guy in that diagram, they'd fall on their face. I personally have never seen anyone stand like that. Stereotypes are annoying.