RE: The "Squat" 🚫🪑 A Truly Cambodian Gem 💎
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I've heard squatting is quite healthy for the sciatic nerve, so it's a good practice regardless of culture.
Here's an interesting story:
A Canadian couple who are friends of mine adopted a girl from China. She was a baby then, and was raised completely in the Western culture. However, her adoptive parents noticed how she liked to sit down in a squat, something they could not have taught her, as neither of them could actually perform it for longer than a few seconds. They never stopped her either, and she has kept up the practice into her adult life.
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That is not as bizarre to me now that I know some changes in the genes are possible within one generation due to stress and other extreme factors. Two examples I know well are women who got pregnant and gave birth during the famines, food shortages and concentration camps of WWII, and the trauma from the Khmer Rouge genocide.
I remember seeing that the children of these WWII famine mothers were more prone to obesity and diabetes than the regular population. The theory was the women's DNA altered a little on the fly to compensate for what seemed to the womb a world with little food. Slower metabolism was the end result, something that would be really beneficial in a food scarce world.
I've also read a lot of studies showing that PTSD can and has been passed down from Khmer Rouge genocide survivors to their children, and even grandchildren if major parenting styles aren't changed.
So, back to what you are saying, I'm sure it's quite possible there was a little something hiding in her genes that just couldn't let go of the squat.
That is phenomenal, and gives much credence to the theory of 'Genetic Memory'
It’s great for pooping, much healthier than sitting!
I really miss the squat toilets. We haven't encountered one yet in the western hemisphere, nor a butt blaster.