I have developed this urge to wiggle my butt side to side as I walk. I find it very satisfying. A couple of times, did it where someone might notice, then turned around to see if anyone noticed. In today's world, it's not easy to find a place to practice without being seen.
And then I have noticed, also, that not all women do this. I wonder why? Seems like a lot of fun, very girly and so natural.
Do you, or have you thought about, shaking it while you walk? What sort of reactions do you get?
Color me curious.
I always have. I have very female hips/thighs and gait. Used to get a lot of crap because of it too.
Eh, most of the time I'm too focused on getting where I'm going to waste the energy. :)
I do, however, have a bit of natural wiggle these days thanks to the change in the angle of my pelvis caused by my butt/thighs. It's less efficient, but it is fun, I admit.
I use a more "hip directed" walk when I feel like I'm being watched as I walk and I don't want to be clocked. Otherwise I don't usually bother with it.
How do you hip direct? ???
Quote from: Late bloomer on April 28, 2014, 03:59:28 PM
I have developed this urge to wiggle my butt side to side as I walk. I find it very satisfying. A couple of times, did it where someone might notice, then turned around to see if anyone noticed. In today's world, it's not easy to find a place to practice without being seen.
And then I have noticed, also, that not all women do this. I wonder why? Seems like a lot of fun, very girly and so natural.
Do you, or have you thought about, shaking it while you walk? What sort of reactions do you get?
Color me curious.
I've trained myself to walk ever so slightly pigeon toed when I walk. First it is great practice with heels and secondly it gives you a far more feminine figure when you walk. Your butt sticks out a bit, you swing, and your back arches. eventually you get a rhythm that is absolutely required to walk with grace in stilettos.
TS tip #1: Walk slightly pigeon toed.
-AM
When I was in boy mode about one and a half years on hrt I was walking to one of my classes with a few of my male friends. They started to rag on me about how I walked. I guess it was the hormones because I never even tried to walk like a girl I just got a waddle.
Good tip A_M that is also the way I walk. I always wear heels and the movement comes naturally, things really swing the faster you walk.It does take a lot of practice to become second nature though,but feels great when you learn.
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yeah but its natural or else I just feel uncomfortable walking any other way. Wide hips ftw
Quote from: Evelyn K on April 28, 2014, 06:06:38 PM
How do you hip direct? ???
When I'm about to move a foot forward, I lead with the hip on the same side. It's not an exaggerated movement, very subtle, but it results in a slight swinging of the hips that evokes a female walk.
Nice picture Evelyn, She OWNS the side walk she is on beautiful !
I sort of do. It's not anything I do on purpose, I just sort of move my hips a bit. I don't even notice it and don't know if others see anything either. And I'm still in boy mode, so I'm sure people are very confused about me in many ways. Nothing new, I'm used to standing out in some way, unfortunately.
Quote from: justpat on April 29, 2014, 06:34:50 AM
Nice picture Evelyn, She OWNS the side walk she is on beautiful !
I hate those pants though.
-AM
ugh, me too!
YouTube has a -lot- of videos on poise and how to walk, carry yourself more feminine.
I always have had a wiggle in my walk. Being in the army kind of made it worse. To quote my sister who is a BCT drill instructor "Kari there is a reason we don't teach basic marching to women like we do men, women do it naturally. Head up, back straight and shoulders back but still relaxed. Only thing we have to break some women of is bouncing as they walk because we can't have everyone's heads bobbing up and down while in formation." I just happened to get lucky and naturally have wider hips then most genetic males are born with so it shows more then normal. And to the point of not all women wiggling while walking, bone structures vary from person to person so woman A might have a very defined wiggle, woman B might have more of a twisting in her walk, while woman C might end up with almost no hip movement at all. It all depends on bones and stride I guess.
Quote from: Evelyn K on April 28, 2014, 08:12:06 PM
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Is that another picture of the andryo model you posted earlier?
It's nothing overly dramatic or that I do on purpose, but yes, I've always had a more feminine walk than most guys I've seen. Actually, it used to be something I was very self-conscious about and tried to change to fit in. I never really succeeded (which I'm grateful for now, since I don't have to re-train myself to do the thing I had previously trained myself not to do =P), but maybe I did manage to tone it down a little. I have no idea if my hips are particularly wide or if that has anything to do with it. I think I'm just naturally... expressive with my movements, if that makes any sense.
Quote from: JamesG on April 29, 2014, 12:45:00 PM
Is that another picture of the andryo model you posted earlier?
no ;D
I prefer to sashay!
No, I do not wiggle. I learned that men walk on 2 rails and women walk on 1, so I walk on 1.
When wearing high heels, it is easier to walk by wiggling while the knees touch each other.
On flat shoes, I naturally do not wiggle, and probably most women neither.
A lost dog chased me while my colleague took photos behind me in Big Island of Hawaii.
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It used to be a curse that I just apparently walk and stand like a female naturally (And I can walk fine in heels) because ya know.... Guys aren't suppose to walk like females so I'd get a lot of people bugging me boot it in a sorta jokey way. But right now I guess it's a blessing yea, I'm lucky! Yay!
Quote from: TiffanyT on April 29, 2014, 04:20:28 PM
No, I do not wiggle. I learned that men walk on 2 rails and women walk on 1, so I walk on 1.
And to help visualize this, reposting this male vs female walk simulator from a different thread (I forgot where.)
http://www.biomotionlab.ca/Demos/BMLwalker.html
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That's a really useful tool, thanks for reposting!
Quote from: Evelyn K on April 29, 2014, 04:48:06 PM
And to help visualize this, reposting this male vs female walk simulator from a different thread (I forgot where.)
http://www.biomotionlab.ca/Demos/BMLwalker.html
No. But I do concern myself with posture. It's important to get the hang of. Hips forward, walk with your lower half (very little, if any, upper body movement).
Quote from: Evelyn K on April 29, 2014, 04:48:06 PM
http://www.biomotionlab.ca/Demos/BMLwalker.html
This is awesome, thanks for that.
Turns out my walk is somewhere in between the extremes, it helps I always had slightly wider hips than most guys.
Quote from: TiffanyT on April 29, 2014, 04:20:28 PM
No, I do not wiggle. I learned that men walk on 2 rails and women walk on 1, so I walk on 1.
Some guys walk like there's a third rail...
That's cool. I'm going to start walking on one rail as you say. And wiggle it some. Why not.
Hello Grace ,you just gave me this really----funny --visual ! Weird mind ?
I swoosh. I don't wiggle.
I don't really wiggle per say, but I do have a bit of a hip sway and certain body parts tend to giggle a bit :icon_chick:
Quote from: justpat on April 30, 2014, 07:17:05 AM
Hello Grace ,you just gave me this really----funny --visual ! Weird mind ?
I don't know about you but I certainly have a pretty weird mind! ;D
Quote from: learningtolive on April 29, 2014, 11:08:11 AM
I sort of do. It's not anything I do on purpose, I just sort of move my hips a bit. I don't even notice it and don't know if others see anything either. And I'm still in boy mode, so I'm sure people are very confused about me in many ways. Nothing new, I'm used to standing out in some way, unfortunately.
I'm the same way. I've caught myself mimicking walking styles from female friends of mine while I'm still in boy mode. o.o I do it a LOT more often than I previously thought. Moving as my hips as my core, instead of the shoulders, I think contributed to this.
Ales
Going into walmart for cake mix I found myself wiggling some, walking with both feet on the same line almost forces your body to twist. I felt fair, but not very sexy yet. Need high heels.
Walking around HomeDepot today, this thread made me very self conscious of the way I was walking and felt very awkward.
Thanks a lot. :P
I have walked around the mall alot. and noticed gals walk with there toes turned in slightly and put there toes down first .unlike guys who smack heal down and turn toes out . I try to walk with toes in and it seems to make you rotate your bum to to keep your balance .ANY one else try this .If you watch guys walk they seem to put there head forward and look down .gals seem to be head up /looking around and making eye contact as to say hi ..Guys in mall have mission to get in and get out fast , gals treat it like social trip in general.But thats some ideas because if you watch people in mall setting you find out theres no right way or wrong way its like finger print . Everybody's different AKA Sara
It's fun being a woman isn't it. I love it & notice some of the same things you notice. Have fun GF.
The transition, right down to the more "feminine" way I walk now and the heeled/raise shoes I wear, has actually been very thereuputic for me. As it turns out, for a 6'/170 LBS person, I have a small skeletal frame...I only wear a size 9 shoe in men's and my hands are smaller than someone 6 inches shorter than me...and I also have extreme arches on my feet. Bascially, I have the skeletal frame of a woman at the moment but the muscle density of a male and it is hard on my bones/knees, especially when I wear "flatter" male shoes. I did the "guy walk" which was made worse by the military...my step was: heels, ball, toes to make that "I'm coming for you @$$!" pop in your step. This was starting to break down my knees and spine, and I was actually having to use a cane to get around, but no one could figure out what it was.
I changed my posture to more "fem", donned heels/ditched the flats, and keep to my toes/the balls of my feet when I walk with that slight "swoosh" to keep things in my muscles and not my bones so much. Short, just a little more than choppy steps...which is easy even with my long legs. Doing that for a month, and I only needed the cane once in a while. After I walked "like a girl" for a few months, I am off the canes completely.
Quote from: Alainaluvsu on April 30, 2014, 03:47:52 AM
No. But I do concern myself with posture. It's important to get the hang of. Hips forward, walk with your lower half (very little, if any, upper body movement).
I also learned that the female center of gravity is in the hips, male is in the chest. So I try to let me upper body follow and, like you said, lead with the hips.
I have a slight swoosh in my hips when i walk in high heels due to the fact that when you walk in heels you walk almost like you on a balance beam.. but in flats I don't think I do
Quote from: noleen111 on May 01, 2014, 02:43:41 AM
I have a slight swoosh in my hips when i walk in high heels due to the fact that when you walk in heels you walk almost like you on a balance beam.. but in flats I don't think I do
Me too. It's funny the great difference in high heel shoes. It's almost automatic in heels?
I noticed today I tend to walk one foot in front of the other in a straight line. That "one rail" so to speak.
I also don't do that masculine shoulder swag anymore. Thank god for that.
I've been told I do something like this naturally, even though I've never tried to do it. I've gotten a lot of crap for it, especially in high school and the military. Oh well. At least now it can be a good thing. I'm proud of it now.
This is how you do it!
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I've been told I've developed a bit of a sway in my walk since breaking out of my shell a bit. ;D
I do. It was one of the things I always did until I was bullied out of it at age ten. Regaining my wiggle was part of reclaiming myself.
Rosie
I am a very fresh entry to this site, so I apologize if I am breaking any unknown protocol......
But...I have found that in my early stages of realization, I definitely have begun to let my guard down and I'll be damned if I don't have a little wiggle from the ease of the stress.
:)
X (Yet unnamed, in larval form, Bob)
I kinda wiggle or so I've been told. Sometimes purposely -- like when theres a really cute someone around and you know they are watching.. give them a treat, and shake what your mamma gave you (or not) and feel the power in them booty hips ;-)
I've always walked kind of pigeon toed with a wiggle in my butt, very feminine. It always came natural to me. However after my 91 accident I have one leg that's twisted outwardly so while I still walk with a wiggle in my butt I have to mentally keep my awkward leg straight. Also as a result of hrt my pelvis has tilted forward arching my lower back in straightening my posture. I now walk with my head held high whereas before I was stooped over a bit. Anyhoo, my butt wiggles when I walk, it naturally always has.
Ali :icon_flower:
I often feel a bit of tension in my buttocks when I'm walking in a "normal manly way", but when I release that tension, I have a fairly natural feminine walk. As far as I can remember, I've never "practiced" walking in any particular way, but the feminine mode has always felt natural. While at home (I live alone) I can walk any way I like and feminine seems to be the easiest. Other times, it just feels weird, especially when I'm walking with someone. I can do a relatively smooth hips sway without too much trouble, but anytime I do that, I'm normally at home. Damn society and it's "norms"!! :(
First off a disclaimer, I am far from one who needs or wants to tell people how or what they should do, so this is my observation. The first time I read this I reflected on not only how this has been on my mind off and on, but also what I noticed while in downtown Seattle for my Dr. visit. I sat in my truck and just watched both women and men and how they walk. I did this for a good 20 min or so and I noticed very few women who seemed to have a 'distinct' feminine walk. I thought, well the next time I go down there I will repeat this and I pretty much came up with the same conclusion but with just a bit more refinement. The more noticeable walk came from the older women (50+ years) and the younger (25 to 35) only a very slight difference with just a few. The most noticeble were the teens who seemed to walk most like the boys. Now here is where my observations could quite possibly be faulty, I may still be looking through the lens of masculinity and may be skewed, also the subtle difference could be just the simple matter of physiology. The exaggerated masculine walk was mostly in the young guys.
So now why I put on the disclaimer, does accentuating any perception of how a woman walks increase the likelyhood of being 'clocked', who knows, this is like I said just an observation.
Quote from: Evelyn K on April 29, 2014, 04:48:06 PM
And to help visualize this, reposting this male vs female walk simulator from a different thread (I forgot where.)
http://www.biomotionlab.ca/Demos/BMLwalker.html
I found the BioMotion Lab walking simulator a bit over a year ago and it has been very helpful to me. I was worried a lot about hip and leg motion and found that most of the feminine aspect in walked actually came from the shoulders and arms. Learning to position the shoulders and arms will give you a distinctively feminine walk even without working hard on the hips or legs.
And an addendum...
Quote from: Newgirl Dani on August 22, 2014, 11:41:45 AM
First off a disclaimer, I am far from one who needs or wants to tell people how or what they should do, so this is my observation. The first time I read this I reflected on not only how this has been on my mind off and on, but also what I noticed while in downtown Seattle for my Dr. visit. I sat in my truck and just watched both women and men and how they walk. I did this for a good 20 min or so and I noticed very few women who seemed to have a 'distinct' feminine walk. I thought, well the next time I go down there I will repeat this and I pretty much came up with the same conclusion but with just a bit more refinement. The more noticeable walk came from the older women (50+ years) and the younger (25 to 35) only a very slight difference with just a few. The most noticeble were the teens who seemed to walk most like the boys. Now here is where my observations could quite possibly be faulty, I may still be looking through the lens of masculinity and may be skewed, also the subtle difference could be just the simple matter of physiology. The exaggerated masculine walk was mostly in the young guys.
So now why I put on the disclaimer, does accentuating any perception of how a woman walks increase the likelyhood of being 'clocked', who knows, this is like I said just an observation.
Your observation matches mine. The "hip wiggle" walk is sometimes called the "cat walk" as in how a model walks on a cat walk displaying clothing.
As I noted above, arm and shoulder position and motion seem to me to be more distinctly feminine that legs.
The next time you conduct your experiment try watching arms and shoulders. Also try to BioMotion Lab walking simulator to see what I mean. I get gendered female from my walk even when presenting male sometimes now.
Quote from: LizMarie on August 22, 2014, 06:32:33 PM
I found the BioMotion Lab walking simulator a bit over a year ago and it has been very helpful to me. I was worried a lot about hip and leg motion and found that most of the feminine aspect in walked actually came from the shoulders and arms. Learning to position the shoulders and arms will give you a distinctively feminine walk even without working hard on the hips or legs.
And an addendum...
Your observation matches mine. The "hip wiggle" walk is sometimes called the "cat walk" as in how a model walks on a cat walk displaying clothing.
As I noted above, arm and shoulder position and motion seem to me to be more distinctly feminine that legs.
The next time you conduct your experiment try watching arms and shoulders. Also try to BioMotion Lab walking simulator to see what I mean. I get gendered female from my walk even when presenting male sometimes now.
Thats interesting, I will check this out, thanks.
I wish I wiggled more naturally. If wearing heals I seem to have some wiggle but if flat shoes there is just nothing??