# The wiggle in her walk ? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 20, 2005, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wiggle-in-her-walk/331927 "2005-11-20T12:40:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wiggle-in-her-walk/331927/41 "2005-11-22T16:13:19Z")
> [@DooWahDiddy](#): > > A curvy woman seductively moving in such a way that conjures up images of what she would do to you in bed… > > I don’t think I understand your question. Sorry. It’s only because I was… kidding. _motions hand over head_ Seriously, I’ve often wondered how it would feel if I could somehow float behind a lass WHILE she was walking. And… you know… * * * True Blue Jack ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wiggle-in-her-walk/331927/42 "2005-11-22T17:12:26Z")
Sweet Carolina Don’t believe I’ll ever find a Woman put together like you are. I like the wiggle in your walkin’ And your big-city talkin’ And your brand new shiny Plymouth ragtop car! Billy Joe Shaver - “I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train” ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wiggle-in-her-walk/331927/43 "2005-11-22T17:42:35Z")
> [@carlb](#): > > I noticed that her feet were placed one in front of the other, creating that exaggerated hip sway we associate with models. Women’s femurs are angled differently into their pelvises than men’s. More like \ / than | |. This is why even when standing with thighs together, daylight can show through at the crotch. The angle makes it more natural for women’s steps to go closer to the center line, and this makes for a slight natural sway, like you noticed, placing the feet almost in front of one another. Once there’s a slight natural difference between the sexes, fashion will take it, play it up, exaggerate it to increase the perceived difference for sex appeal. When wearing a narrow skirt that won’t let my knees get far away from each other, the only way I can walk up the stairs is to move my knees sideways with each step, and this makes for a very pronounced lateral butt wiggle. High heels make another kind of pelvic sway, more vertical. Maybe the different styles of butt wiggle as cataloged above are related to the varied effects of different skirts and heels. In any case, women’s swaying motions always involve curving arcs, never straight lines the way men walk. (Donovan sang: “_Happiness moves in a circular motion…_” – I think this is what he meant.) I’ve been whistled at for my walk. I was caught on video doing the model walk in the Colosseum of Rome, of all places, many years ago when I was 21, and casting a very sultry glance out the side of my eye. I don’t know what got into me. Well, actually, I do know. In classical Sanskrit erotica, the highest praise given to a woman’s feminine charms is _gaja-gamini_, meaning ‘she who walks like an elephant’. The phrase refers to the gracefulness of sensuously, languidly rolling hips. They likes them some _big-leg_ gals over in India. Draped in the folds of a silken sari, the effect is mesmerizing. In belly dance class, the basic techniques include several types of pelvic circles and figure 8s. One of the steps I learned is to combine these pelvic circles with walking, and the result is the biggest butt wiggle you ever saw. But very graceful and in time with the beat. It becomes an art form. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wiggle-in-her-walk/331927/44 "2005-11-23T01:44:45Z")
> [@True Blue Jack](#): > > Sorry. It’s only because I was… kidding. > > _motions hand over head_ > > * * * > > True Blue Jack So was I, man. Just joshin’ ya. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wiggle-in-her-walk/331927/45 "2005-11-23T02:23:14Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > My years of study have led me to conclude that there are three fundamental (sorry!) types of wiggle: > > Type 1 - The basic parabolic arc with a constant period > > Type 2 - The basic parabolic arc, with an interrupted period. The wiggle pauses for a split second at the end of the paralola > > Type 3 - The wiggle describes a complex figure, resembling an infinity sign; your basic Figure 8 on its side Type 2 is the best. It tantalizes the eye with its pseudorandomness, forcing you to watch until you can understand the superpositioned frequencies and harmonics. It’s like watching a field of prairie dogs, trying to guess when the next one will pop out of its burrow… ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wiggle-in-her-walk/331927/46 "2005-11-23T02:33:20Z")
One of New York’s great jazz bassists, watching a shy Greek waitress with no idea how beautiful she was as she made her way to a tableful of customers in front of us, bestowed on me the priceless simile “two squirrels in a gunnysack.” ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wiggle-in-her-walk/331927/47 "2005-11-23T03:12:56Z")
> [@carlb](#): > > While watching _Battlestar Galactica_ recently, I discovered the secret to the way models walk on the runway. There was a scene involving Six walking away from the camera. Being a former model, and (I assume) trying to look sexy, she was walking as if she was on the runway. I noticed that her feet were placed one in front of the other, creating that exaggerated hip sway we associate with models. > > The reason I bring this up? I mentioned this to my wife, who now frequently imitates this walk when trying to get my attention. Can’t say as I mind. That is taught in modeling classes as part of the runway walk. It works because the model is putting her feet one in front of the other, and that is her concentration. Her concentration is _not_ on moving her hips but the effect is the same. Moreover, because the concentration is on the feet, not the hips, it looks more “natural” or graceful than if a girl walks around swinging her hips side to side. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wiggle-in-her-walk/331927/48 "2005-11-23T03:45:22Z")
[QUOTE=Johanna] Women’s femurs are angled differently into their pelvises than men’s. More like \ / than | |. This is why even when standing with thighs together, daylight can show through at the crotch. The angle makes it more natural for women’s steps to go closer to the center line, and this makes for a slight natural sway, like you noticed, placing the feet almost in front of one another.[`quote]I’m gonna have ta go and chack my art books. Yeah, that’s it. Art books. > [@](#): > > I’ve been whistled at for my walk. I was caught on video doing the model walk in the Colosseum of Rome, of all places, many years ago when I was 21, and casting a very sultry glance out the side of my eye. I don’t know what got into me. Well, actually, I do know. > > In classical Sanskrit erotica, the highest praise given to a woman’s feminine charms is _gaja-gamini_, meaning ‘she who walks like an elephant’. The phrase refers to the gracefulness of sensuously, languidly rolling hips. They likes them some _big-leg_ gals over in India. Draped in the folds of a silken sari, the effect is mesmerizing. :: breaks into sweat :: > [@](#): > > In belly dance class, the basic techniques include several types of pelvic circles and figure 8s. One of the steps I learned is to combine these pelvic circles with walking, and the result is the biggest butt wiggle you ever saw. But very graceful and in time with the beat. It becomes an art form. :: fans self, considers going for a run around the block now that it’s below zero out :: ---
**Author:** ![Flipstrip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Flipstrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipstrip)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wiggle-in-her-walk/331927/49 "2005-11-23T03:50:33Z")
I’ll be damned…my natural walk is one foot in front of the other. I used to get comments on my walk in school, now I know why! Now I need to learn those belly dancing techniques of Johanna’s…that and how to walk in high heels! ---
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wiggle-in-her-walk/331927/50 "2005-11-23T17:28:23Z")
I never thought about my walk until I was in college and one of the guys in the dorm hollered from the end of the hall: “I LOVE to watch you walk! I wish I had a swing like that in my back yard!” Yipes. I was self-conscious about it for a while after that, but I got over it. Lindy is another dance that shows off the hips–lots of swiveling. I’ve been taking belly dance classes and I’m looking forward to throwing in some of those hip motions the next time Mr m and I go dancing. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wiggle-in-her-walk/331927/51 "2005-11-23T17:55:15Z")
> [@DooWahDiddy](#): > > So was I, man. Just joshin’ ya. 😉 Ooops. In that case I was taking you too seriously assuming that you were taking me too seriously. * * * True Blue Jack ---
**Author:** ![SlowMindThinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@SlowMindThinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlowMindThinking)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wiggle-in-her-walk/331927/52 "2005-11-24T00:44:53Z")
Belly dancing never did it for me. Then they started a class at our gym. It is the _exercises_ that overwhelm guys. They had to put up blinds to the window in that room, because none of the guys could stop drooling. All that saliva on the floor was probably a safety hazard. Put some of that in your walk, and guys will follow you anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wiggle-in-her-walk/331927/53 "2005-11-26T05:44:45Z")
Berlly dancing is so fuckng hot that it makes my brains go all melty just thinkin about it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wiggle-in-her-walk/331927.md?page=2)