Male center of gravity vs. female.?

Question

There was a little thing we did in one of my classes the other day that guys fell forward and girls could just stand up (I know it doesn't make much sense, but I don't want to explain the whole experiment)

Anywho, I tried explaining it (just as my biology teacher did to me) that a male's center of gravity is in their shoulders (or upper body) versus a female's center of gravity being in the hips (or lower-mid body). I double checked with my bio teacher and I was correct. But the girl insists I am wrong..(the one I was arguing with)...am I correct or no?

Answer 1

You're right. A guy's center of gravity is in the upper body and a girl's is in the lower body. There's a good simple explanation on this site. http://www.coe.missouri.edu/~pgermann/DiscEvent/Human_Bio./Center_of_Gravity/Center_of_Gravity/center_of_gravity.html

Answer 2

When will you people wake up! Mens centre of gravity is actually lower than females centre of gravity. Saying that womens centre of gravity is actually lower than mens centre of gravity is an absolute worthless myth. First of all, it is not true that women have more weight proportion in their lower bodies than men. There are so many factors that are completely ignored which actually disprove this. Men may have a larger upper body in comparison to women, which puts more weight on their upper body and raising their centre of gravity. However - men also have genitals in their lower bodies that women dont, which is weight in the lower body. Women have breasts, putting weight on their upper body whereas men dont. Most importantly, men have larger feet - yes - almost double the size than that of women, and this is what matters most because the feet are right on the ground, actually giving men more weight in their lower body and very effectively because the feet being the closest thing to the ground is what actually grants stability. Mens bones are also larger in density from head to TOE. The only reason why that chair experiment shows men falling over when trying to lift the chair whereas women do it, is because OUR FEET ARE LARGER, so when we put our toes at an equal distance from a wall as the women, our bodies are actually EVEN FURTHER BACK by say 4-5 inches on average, so it is not a fair comparison. I bet if mens and womens ANKLES were equally distanced from a wall, ALL the men would lift the chair successfully whereas I bet some of the WOMEN WONT. That is the true analysis.

Answer 3

you are correct. There are a few scenarios where women can do something because of our lower centers of gravity while men cannot (I can think of two right off the bat, not really something that has real world application, just fun to bet a guy "I bet you can't pick up this chair standing bent over at the waist with your head against a wall" and have him think you're nuts and then see the look on his face when he can't do it).

Answer 4

You are correct. This is a rather classic demonstration, and it usually frustrates the males because they can't do something that the females can do.

Answer 5

Correct you are.