Question: Does walking or standing weirdly affect your game?
Answer: Of course it shouldn’t, but it does.
On campus, I see girls looking like hunchbacks and boys swaying back and forth like gorillas. So let’s lay it all out on the table shall we? Walking like a duck is not sexy, walking with the turned in knees is not sexy and the worst is the slightly turned in dragging foot. Other strange sights include boys with fake limps and girls with their butts out hurrying to and fro like little chickens.
Call me a bitch but let’s be honest with ourselves, the way people walk affects our view of them, including if we’re attracted to them or not.
Last week I met this boy outside of the SEL. We totally hit it off and exchanged numbers. But when I saw him walk away I knew I would not be calling him back. Hips forward, torso held, neck stiff. Stand up and try walking around your apartment like that. It looks ridiculous!
On a similar note, the way we stand has the same impact as the way we walk. But when we stand people can stare at us for longer periods of time and deduce more from our posture. An example: A guy could be the straightest guy in the whole world, but if his hip is swished to one side and his weight is on that same side’s hip, everyone’s wondering about his sexual orientation. The girl with her neck forward and shoulders hunched cold be the most confident girl in the whole world even though she’s giving the impression that she’s either malnourished or needs to be saved.
This week’s blog entry is not supposed to endow you with enlightening advice. I simply felt the need to acknowledge how important it is to have an awareness of your body and the way your body moves in space and the message it might send whether you mean to or not. It’s shallow, it really is, and I’m ashamed that it matters to me. But I wouldn’t be writing about it if I didn’t think it was true and that most of us discriminate against potential partners based on posture and their walk.
