You've probably seen it a million times, but never thought much about it. The stock photos of women lying on their stomachs while typing on a laptop or writing in a journal are really common, yet just as physically impossible as that movie poster pose. To see what's in front of you while lying this way, a woman must prop herself up on her elbows, which makes using her hands for typing too difficult. It's not comfortable, either. These photos never show men doing it, because that would be ridiculous. This pose happens in movies and TV shows as well. No one does this in real life.
Why this pose? Most likely it's an opportunity to show both boobs and butt, and also hint at the behavior of a teenage girl in her bedroom. Merrill Markoe is a writer, and those images got under her skin, so she wrote a funny and relatable essay about these women in stock photos who not only appear to be writing while on their stomachs, but also drinking coffee, talking on the phone, and otherwise multitasking in bed. -via Boing Boing
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Confession of a 52 year old man. I type on my laptop, on my belly, propped up by my elbows or (more often) using a pillow, as Carrie Bradshaw does in this image.
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