Is sitting with your legs crossed dangerous?

[canadaski]

I sit with my legs crossed as I find it's comfortable and can keep my spine in better alignment.

When I say legs crossed I mean like this guy here.
http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/images/ME/crossed-legs-0109-lg.jpg

I know that a lot of girls sit like this. For guys, is there any risk of damage to your testicles or anything? I find it comfortable, but get a "pinch" or "squeeze" every so often.

How many guys sit like this? How many girls sit like this?

[Princess Ariel]

I sit like this the majority of the time, I sit in the chair.. I cant sit with both feet on the ground. I find it very uncomfortable.

[ImCoolBeans]

I don't too often, just not my thing I guess.

As for it being dangerous, I don't think so - but who knows.

[Josiah7]

Yeah I can't see it being dangerous unless you are wearing tight pants.

[User Deleted]

Yeah I can't see it being dangerous unless you are wearing tight pants.

Even with tight pants I don't see any potential damage in it. That is unless you are wearing pants so ridiculously tight they are unsafe to wear in the first place.

[Short Circuit]

1) Crossing Your Legs Raises Your blood pressure
2) Crossing Your Legs Can Increase scrotal temperature
3) Sensory disturbance
4) Varicose veins
5) Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
6) Crossing Your Legs Can Cause Back pain
7) Thigh pain via entrapment syndrome of the lateral femoral
cutaneous nerve
8) A deformed pelvic ring
9) Peroneal neuropathy (loss of sensation or paralysis)

Source: http://mangoboss.com/CrossingYourLegsLikeaWoman-IsItDangerousforYourHealth.html

[shatter..]

Say you cross your legs often and you are still growing (through puberty) it can cause your hip to grow out of allignment.

[Electra Heart]

I can't remember ever crossing my legs... But I suppose it wouldn't really hurt unless your really crushing them in there...

[Silicate Wielder]

I don't sit like that I usually sit with one leg under my buttocks or I sit with my legs crossed.

[Tenoramic]

There is no dangerous / harmful to your body period. Nothing to worry about. If its dangerous I guess most of Europeans are at risk

[Desuetude]

Ive been told by my physio not to sit like that.
It messes up the lower back, kind of twists it if you sit like it enough.
but yeah most people sit like it so you shouldnt be that worried about anything.