A ‘sexy walk’ is just as important as a woman’s body shape when it comes to attractiveness
The way a woman walks is key to how attractive other people find her – and is just as important as body shape, researchers claim after a groundbreaking motion-capture study.
Researchers from the University of Portsmouth asked women to wear reflective markers on their ankles, knees, hips, elbows and wrists.
They then filmed the women walking on a treadmill, and stripped out everything from the video bar the points of light, asking both men and women to rate the videos for attractiveness.
The researchers found that women who took small steps and wiggled their hips tended to be rated as most attractive.
The University of Portsmouth’s Dr Ed Morrison said, ‘The results suggested that movement is as important as static measurements in gauging attractiveness, which was surprising because everyday experience suggests you can see easily how attractive someone is from a photograph.
‘I’m not sure why a particular walking style is considered attractive but gait might be giving away important clues to a woman’s fitness and age – key components of reproductive health.’
‘A combination of small waist, rounded hips and bottom, and a slim figure have long been reported to be important in women’s attractiveness, but it turns out the way a woman moves is as important.
‘Most previous research into what makes a body attractive has relied on photographs, but in real life we usually see a potential mate moving. Motion is also crucial in courtship behaviours like dancing.’
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