23. If Crossing Your Legs Turns Women into Ladies, What Does It Do to Matt Lauer?
During an etiquette seminar, a participant asked what I thought about the fact that Elena Kagan, then a Supreme Court nominee, “did not cross her legs like a lady” when she met with power brokers on Capitol Hill.
Her question was prompted by a mini-controversy stirred up by Robin Givhan, the fashion critic formerly at the Washington Post, when she wrote about Kagan’s sitting position during her meeting with Senator Amy Klobuchar. In the photograph that appeared with the story, Kagan had both feet firmly planted on the floor; Klobuchar had her legs crossed. Other journalists weighed in on Givhan’s story, and several headlines stated, “Why Kagan Won’t Cross Her Legs ...
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