What is this strange phemenom?

[kittypop]

Where I work there are stair from reception to the upper floor. Nearly almost without exception men take these stairs two at a time - I have never once seen a woman doing this. It's not even just tall men, it's short men as well. What is this all about?

One at a time is slow but dignified, two at a time is faster but ungainly. Society judges women on appearance over fitness.

Besides, two at a time in heels is just asking for trouble.

Have you watched them coming down? Men tend to point their knees outwards, women inwards.

If I’ve got the right shoes on I always take steps two at a time. I’m female. I’m tall, though, so find one step at a time too dainty and time consuming. I’m definitely a stair bounder!

It could be ergonomics. If the height of the stairs is too short, people (in flat shoes) will feel its a waste of energy to take them one at a time; it feels like too many little steps.

I generally take stairs two at a time unless I'm carrying a hot drink or something heavy. I am quite ungainly though and occasionally take a tumble.

2 steps is more efficient overall, but requires higher peak demands, so a person will naturally optimise depending on those two criteria. So because testosterone filled men will in general have more strength available to them, it will be less of their peak demand required for the heavier lift of two stepping which means they can use less total effort over the entire flight.

If you tire out the legs first of the man so they can't do the extra force required easily, they'll also do single step, equally overweight men and strong legged women will be more likely to double step.

It's just the body naturally optimising for the least effort.

I put it down to men being silly show offs. In our house there's a return on the stairs just under the bit of landing before the staircase goes up to the top floor (It's a Georgian townhouse and mainly consists of stairs and spiders). The top bit of landing forms a tiny shelf, which gets covered in fingerprints because himself can't walk down the stairs without swinging off it like a monkey. He's 45, the big show off twat. It's not me -I have to clean the fucker - or the kids cos they're still to small to reach.

I always take them 2 at a time (female, long legs). It hadn’t occurred to me that it was ungainly.

Christ, another thing to worry about.

the big show off twat - we'll hardly a show off if you haven't seen him do it, and frankly it sounds fun. I could not care that much about a few finger marks on the stairs..

I think those stairs in reception often feel like you're on show, maybe they're just trying to get off centre stage as quickly as possible?!

Ha I used to do that. Don't know why. Just stretching my legs. Maybe a height thing.

That is a really good question! Why do some of them also put one hand on a railing or wall or whatever and do a sort of weird scissor jump over it?! It’s quite baffling!
😂

I think it’s just an innate form of showing off. Lol

I thought a phemenom was a kind of female condom...

Oh no, am thinking of a Femidom

I do 2 at a time. It keeps you fit. I'm a woman

They're in training of course... 💪

m.youtube.com/watch?v=SZPfxnzQqaI

I do this at work and home.

Thinking about it, it is commented on quite frequently at work, always someone’s happy in their work, or someone’s in a hurry type comments. So I could assume that they have assumed I am keen to get back to work.

I take the stairs 2 at a time at work and I am short, its makes it faster.

I’m always take all stairs two at a time and I always run up them. I’m not a fitness fanatic or anything, it’s just that I find stairs a chore and running gets it over quicker.

I'm tall and until I became physically disabled and obviously couldn't then do it I took stairs two at a time.

It felt natural whereas one at a time felt slow and cumbersome.

That said if I was going up stairs with someone rather than on my own I'd match their speed.

I've done this plenty of times.

Well I'm tell and I never take them 2 at a time and I've never seen any women do it - I do think it's a testosterone look at me kind of thing.

I have never seen a female do this. Damn. I have’t lived.

...haven’t

Agreed, OP. It is a man thang. As are standing with your legs apart, hands in pockets and sitting on public transport with your legs spread. It is very much a check me thing.

No comment on women doing similar stuff. Men do like to display.