The way girls walk

[strangeguy]

I have being wondering is the personaity of girls related to their walking posture?
i wonder do all of you know what i am try to put across.
I have oberserve that certain type of girls have certain walking posture.
Can the girls in this forum help out?

 

[Sugarpop]

Which would lead to the question of whether introverts are more likely to walk with a hunch or look at the ground rather than the surroundings and potentially people's eyes.

On a related note, a video demonstrating masculine and feminine walks: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1513658585?bctid=1782378417

 

[ChristopherL]

Women will alter their walk depending on what they want to convey and to whom.


Anyones walk can convey their attitude at the moment.
A strut exudes self confidence, a switch is either to garner attention or becuase she is feeling sexy at the time.

 

[Reverse Transcriptase]

Frankly the way that women change their walk doesn't mean much to me... they're beautiful beautiful beings whether they're pouting or shining.

But here's a fun fact: http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/005511.html

 

[Solfege]

Unless I pay special attention, I walk as though I haven't been in this body for long. I've been told that my gait has an awkward bob to it, and that I often look as though I haven't the slightest clue where I'm going. It must be true because random people have walked up to me and attempted to give me directions--in my own school. *facepalm* Having a tall and lanky build doesn't help either.

 

[Ermine]

I haven't the foggiest idea. I just walk. I'd have to have someone else examine my walking to know.

 

[phantome]

I don't think it related to personality type... It's more of how you feel at the moment, and as christopherL said, what you want to convey

 

[echoplex]

ummm, idk, they sometimes walk fast when they're in a hurry. Hell, sometimes they even run. Does that mean they're sexy? *scratches head*

 

[brain enclosed in flesh]

In general I'd say I have more of a 'guy' walk- little hip action, straight forward. I walk fast. If I'm feeling self-conscious, like a male is watching me, I walk with purpose, make sure I make zero eye contact. Typically, I don't know how to be all that feminine. For some reason, a good chunk of guys seem to think that's sexy.

If that answers your question. Which I don't really understand.

 

[Ghost1986]

http://www.learnbodylanguage.org/

interesting lil site

 

[QSR]

"I like the way that they walk"

Actually it's a well-known fact that really hot girls walk really fast.

 

[Artifice Orisit]

I've always thought we were the one's walking funny, on account of limb mauverability limitations caused by anatomical differences. You know, like how the adult male body has fewer bones than the female as a result of several of them fusing in order to create a more solid support structure.

What did you think I was talking about?

 

[Weliddryn]

I've been called graceful and asked if I were a dancer........



..........and called a complete clutz.

From my own perspective, I have no idea. I do tend to see the door too late, on occasion, though.

 

[chocolate]

I am ENTP. I have dancer's posture. People ask me if I am a ballerina lol. In fact, I think at least half of the reason people think I'm pretty is my posture. I look pretty confident. I also usually wear high heels so I look much taller than I really am (5'3").

 

[Tyria]

Spatial senses and body posture are key.

 

[DynamicMind]

I spend a lot of time paying attention to the way I walk, actually. Basically, if you walk like you know what you're doing and you belong wherever you are at that moment, people will leave you alone. If there's people around I walk at a pace that implies I have somewhere to go and that I would rather not be bothered. It really works.

Actually, it's not really just the way I walk. When I have to go out in public I usually take on a sort of "I'm in charge, and I'm busy right now" persona. It kind of interesting, because I get a lot of complete strangers that tell me I look like I "know what I'm doing." Whatever that means...

 

[QSR]

http://www.learnbodylanguage.org/

interesting lil site

Thanks for the link. There's some stuff in there that I'm clueless about. I'll have to give some of this a try.

 

[Waterstiller]

I've spent most of my life thinking and modifying how I'm walking to fit to a norm for my perceived gender. The main difference I see between feminine and masculine gaits is that femmes sort of glide over the earth while butches walk like they own it. A feminine gait is with shorter steps as though closer to walking an imaginary tight rope. Very conservative with space and energy in comparison to a masculine gait.

http://www.learnbodylanguage.org/

interesting lil site

That really is interesting.

 

[Beat Mango]

There was this girl I used to work with, the way she walked just oozed sex. It certainly fit with her feminine, seductress persona.

As to your question, I think actions always point to personality, or to put it more accurately, the external is always a manifestation of the internal. As Freud said, "He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore."

 

[chocolate]

The main difference I see between feminine and masculine gaits is that femmes sort of glide over the earth while butches walk like they own it. A feminine gait is with shorter steps as though closer to walking an imaginary tight rope. Very conservative with space and energy in comparison to a masculine gait.

Interesting. Your post made me think about the way I walk and this is true for me. I feel 'weird' walking in a 'bigger' way.

 

[Kidege]

Great comment, W.

I modeled my gait after that of my much larger older brother. I added a v. straight back for when I want to be left alone. Depending on the speed and on how much I emphazise the straight back deal, I can look from focused to frosty. I love taking long steps.

When I take shorter steps I tend to bounce a bit. I only take shorter steps when I don't want to seem too unreachable or when I'm playing in my head (it's a very child-like thing).

For some strange reason, when I was a kid I loved to march. I'm told it looks funny, but I'm guessing that's because I tried to do it the "proper" way and it looks odd when you're working with wider hips.

Oh, and I used to be able to carry a book on top of my head for long periods of time.

 

[NoID10ts]

I always thought girls walk with one foot in front of the other. Now I'm confused.

 

[Red Mage]

Girls walk all over me (and I like it).

 

[ChristopherL]

I always though girls walk with one foot in front of the other. Now I'm confused.

No worries, It's a common misconception.

 

[Ermine]

Perhaps with the feet closer together than men, but that's just ludicrous unless you're a dancer or tightrope walker.

 

[Kidege]

Ludicrous indeed.

The other day a lady was walking next to me. She was setting the pace, not me. But I took one step while she took two with her ridiculously high shoes. Some people seem to wish a broken ankle or a dislocated spine.

 

[secretsmile]

Well, I'm somewhat tall for a girl (5'8"), which means I have long legs. I tend to take longer, more deliberate strides. I think there's always a slight sway to my hips, but I can turn it up quite nicely if my husband happens to be walking behind me and I feel like messing with him.

One time we were in Wal-Mart and my husband suddenly bursts out "OMG, that girl looks just like you!" She was pretty far away from us, standing in one of the check-out lines. It was interesting how he noted the way she stood. He said something about how I stand like I don't give a f***, or like I'm regal/royal/chic. I normally stand with my weight on one foot, leaning back a bit, with my arms folded in front of me. I don't intentionally stand this way. To be honest with you, I think it's more or less a result of being tall. When I put most of my weight on one foot, it takes about an inch off my height. In school I was almost always the tallest girl...and you know, at that age, you really don't want to look different than everyone else.

Now I embrace my height, and quite enjoy a good 3-inch heel! Or my cowboy boots, which you can almost see in my avatar.

 

[Ermine]

I'm 5'7'', fast walker as well. Oddly enough, I tend to stand in the same way, except I have 1 arm hanging with the other hand holding my elbow, arms half folded.

 

[cheese]

I've noticed asian girls do the short-steps thing more whereas white girls take longer, more overtly confident strides. It's not just a result of height-difference either - asian women are encouraged to be little girls whereas white women are conditioned to appear as sexually mature women (5 year-olds in bikinis, wtf).

I'm curious which aspects of stride are dependent on culture, and which are innate.

 

[secretsmile]

I've noticed asian girls do the short-steps thing more whereas white girls take longer, more overtly confident strides. It's not just a result of height-difference either - asian women are encouraged to be little girls whereas white women are conditioned to appear as sexually mature women (5 year-olds in bikinis, wtf).

I'm curious which aspects of stride are dependent on culture, and which are innate.

Good point. It is probably somewhat of a culture thing.

I could never see walking around like some kind of submissive little girl. My god, how ridiculous would that be? lol.

 

[cheese]

At 5'8? Nah.

 

[Sciosa]

[Now I will learn the Dead Thread Policy. Do you have one?]

When younger, I had an awkward, straight-legged march-like stride, walked too quickly, hunched over my books, and refused to make eye contact... or, in fact, even look away from my own feet.

Then I had an encounter with a coterie of cheerleaders, who wanted me to do their vocabulary work. I liked doing vocabulary, and they were older than me, so it was different vocabulary. I agreed, and somehow was roped into "walking lessons" so that they could be seen with me in public.

It is now my fully-integrated behaviour to walk, essentially, like a model. One foot in front of the other. Long strides. Straight-backed. Hip movement. Eye contact. ...I am asked constantly if I am a dancer. I cannot dance to save my life. It's just a learned behaviour. Has no relationship to my internal processes. I am told that I appear confident and in control, when I'm usually in a state of mild panic.

 

[Toad]

they say that if a girl takes long strides and swings her hips, she is really horny.

 

[Sciosa]

they say that if a girl takes long strides and swings her hips, she is really horny.

Well, damn. My lack of libido must be confusing the hell out of the local males.

 

[Toad]

Well, damn. My lack of libido must be confusing the hell out of the local males.

I would love to see how u walk baby...

 

[Mars]

ha ha, messing with guys heads are we?

even if unintentionally it is funny.

 

[Sciosa]

ha ha, messing with guys heads are we?

even if unintentionally it is funny.

To the observer, certainly. I'm sure the males find it less amusing. I certainly find them less amusing.

At least now I know what's going on. I was deeply confused by the profusion of interested males, given that I've never shown the slightest interest in them.

I should kill those cheerleaders. ...if I can track them down. More difficult, given that I don't remember their names, faces, or in fact anything aside from their hobby. Still. I think "Cheerleader Hung From Lightpost By Entrails" has a nice ring to it.

 

[Mars]

either way it will make the news.. lol

posture does have an effect on what people perceive you are capable of.. rather vexing I think, if only because of my getting volunteered by my lecture class to be the student teacher communication conduit.

the way it seems logical to me is that 'confident' people are apparently competent aswell. A flawed association because of the observers expecance of relevant competence. Either way, it does well to peoples ego/development/Pness/whatever to be in company of competent confident poeple, for whatever reason.

 

[Kuu]

... makes my nose bleed. Specially if it involves suede slouch boots.

I'm not a woman, but it is definitive that you can hax people's perception of you based on the way you walk, and pose yourself, and thus it is quite hard to relate this to personality type, specially with adults (who have many and refined methods for pretending).

I self experimented with this when I was in highschool, much to my amusement. I specially love the "fuck off and let me through, I'm pissed" stride/gaze that is useful for walking in tight crowds. Or the "make slow and deliberate movements" when talking; it puts people on the edge of their seats and you can see their eyes intently following your every motion (coupled with dim lights, it makes for very intense 1-on-1 conversations). Or the nonchalant, dreamy walking that people hate when they are in a hurry, and you're all calmly smiling at the scenery, "what's the rush? life is beautiful"...

Oh yes, body language is a very fun thing to mess with, and useful to know as well. Though most of the time it requires too much conscious effort, which is why I'm still a pathologically absent-minded sloucher.

 

[Jennywocky]

I don't think anyone posted this link yet.

BioMotions Lab - Male vs Female Walk

Enjoy tinkering, it gives you the basic wireframe examples along with sliders.

Watch in particular which body areas sway for males versus females. Men's shoulders move back and forth while their hips stay fairly straight; women sway at the hip and their shoulders tend to stay anchored (explaining the old training mechanism of having a girl walk around with books on her head to help her "be a lady" -- balancing things locks the upper body in place and you HAVE to move from the hips in order to move at all).

A feminine gait is with shorter steps as though closer to walking an imaginary tight rope.

Very much so. You don't want too straight a line or you'll looked weird (like, uh, you are walking an imaginary tightrope!) but in general, a "feminine walk" floats rather than lumbers, and the feet are fairly close to being on a "line" extending into the distance whereas men tend to clunk more or have their feet further away from the center line when they come down and also drive forward harder. (Women who move with faster and longer strides come across as more assertive.)

 

[quitejaded]

I'm not sure if personality lies within the walk. Some people turn their leg or feet weird. I never thought to associate it with personality.

All I know is sulks aren't attractive. Tall confidence is. I don't know if it is possible for a girl to walk OVER confidently. Swaying of the hips too much might be how... And a girl who doesn't sway her hips at all strikes me as a tomboy or highly not in touch with her sexuality.

 

[Loraella]

I don't think anyone posted this link yet.

BioMotions Lab - Male vs Female Walk

Enjoy tinkering, it gives you the basic wireframe examples along with sliders.

This is fun, specially when I set it on nervous and happy [both on the very left], it made me laugh out loud

I am female but I identify rather as gender neutral and I certainly don't want to appear feminine. I don't do the hips movements while walking, I think it looks rather ludicrous, specially together with high heels [and I've never picked this habit, not even before I started having gender issues.] I take rather long strides and I don't walk with my feet very close. I think the position and movements of arms are about the middle or slightly feminine according to this program.

 

[JoeJoe]

This is fun, specially when I set it on nervous and happy [both on the very left], it made me laugh out loud

You forgot to set it on light also.


Here's an excerpt from "The Art of SpeedReading People" by Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger.

Movement and Body Awareness

By definition, Sensors are often keenly aware of things, including their own bodies and their physical surroundings. (This is especially true of Sensors who are also Extraverts.) We describe their natural comfort with things physical as "being in their bodies." Combined with their propensity for living in the present moment, Sensors often have a natural gracefulness and ruggedness. This characteristic can sometimes be seen in natural athletic prowess, but is more often seen in the effortless way most Sensors move. They seem to be more closely in step with the natural world, and their smooth and graceful movements seem known, rather than learned.
The same cannot be said of most Intuitives, who experience much of life thinking about things as opposed to doing them. While certainly there are uncoordinated Sensors (especially [...] SJs []), as well as graceful Intuitives, they seem to be the exceptions, rather than the rule. It is far more likely, for example, for an Intuitive to misjudge the distance of an upcoming step, or bump into a door jamb, than it is for a Sensor.

 

[Enne]

I have had some .... issues with walking. I once slammed right into a hallway door while telling my friend to watch where she was going on our way to biochem.

I've also been told by an INTJ friend that I walk like Lara Croft (wth).

 

[JoeJoe]

I've also been told by an INTJ friend that I walk like Lara Croft (wth).

Why, do you lean a lot to the front or are you a melon smuggler?

 

[Perseus]

http://www.learnbodylanguage.org/

interesting lil site

Wiggle, wiggle

He also proved he could carry on a decent conversation, you share some common interests, and he is socialized and not weird.
http://www.learnbodylanguage.org/female_flirting_4.html

Secret: all NPs are weird like Santa Claus.

 

[shatterspike1]

http://www.learnbodylanguage.org/

interesting lil site

Supposedly I'm an Alpha Male, because according to this site, staring at someone in the eyes until they look away or interrupting freely is a sign of that. I just thought it was unconscientiousness.

 

[INTPINFP]

Supposedly I'm an Alpha Male, because according to this site, staring at someone in the eyes until they look away or interrupting freely is a sign of that. I just thought it was unconscientiousness.

can you upload the link to the quiz I cant find it on the site