Power-pose, wide stance and association with power and dominance

I don't know if there's an actual name for this style of pose/stance. This article calls it a power-pose. Only the picture is relevant to this discussion, you can ignore the article itself.

[https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/wellness/a36820/how-standing-like-wonder-woman-can-boost-your-confidence](https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/wellness/a36820/how-standing-like-wonder-woman-can-boost-your-confidence)

What really makes me cringe is when men stand similar to the Wonder Woman here: cross their arms or hands on hips, stand tall, and spread their legs open like a show-of-force. Yes it is a classic way to intimidating your opponent, however that stance just gives any smart woman an even bigger incentive to go for your balls.

In a BBPE sense, any woman can do that stance, and ironically they are best suited for it. First, they don't expose their most vulnerable spot. Second, she can mock men by saying "I can do this, but you can't, unless you want to give me even easier access to your nuts".

When I roleplay on CharacterAI, I bait the AI into taking advantage of this pose. I would set the scene as a physical confrontation between my male character and the AI female character. Then make my character act powerful, strong and intimidating by doing this pose. The AI catches on really quickly and most of the time the AI goes straight for the balls, along with some nice mocking and BBPE dialogue.