Teresa,

I am out but that is not germane to this post. You are missing my point completely. I am not saying we should strive for perfection because of course that will never be achieved. What I am pointing out is that people need to quit looking for a quick fix to have a "feminine walk". The subject is about walking. If the OP asked about posing for a picture then that is something totally different. Walking is movement, not standing still. Exaggerating just one thing here or there will have the opposite effect of what most people here want. In other words, you will stand out even MORE because you are doing some caricature of what guys think look feminine. The details in the post are written to help others understand actual movement and why things appear to be more graceful, fluid, etc. You can't just fake something and have it look right at all. You don't seem to understand my point I made about ballerinas. Someone who has taken just one month of class is going to look more "ballet-like" then someone who just points their toes because that's what they see on TV. But neither one is going to be "perfect" that you have alluded to.

How on earth did you come to the conclusion I was talking about "waltzing" down the street?! Having a very basic normal female walk was the ENTIRE point of my post. If you reread it pointed out exactly the things that make you look like you trying too hard and end up looking like you are trying to emulate a runway model. I explained the basics of why guys walk the way they do and why women walk the way they do. Yes, of course there are exceptions. Moving from your core instead of pushing from your sternum is not dictated by age, fitness, height, or weight. Stomping down your feet instead of rolling through them is not dictated by age, fitness, height, or weight. Doing things like turning your palms all the way forward, taking ridiculously small steps, wildly swinging your hips, etc is NOT getting the basic movements right. Getting the basic movement down is doing the actual walking. In other words how you should move your legs and land on your feet.

How are you going to explain to someone who has never a hit a baseball with a bat. Are you going to tell them to just choke up on the bat because it looks droopy when you hold the bat? Or instead, are you going to talk about planting your feet, hip rotation, level swing, etc.? Both that and walking are movements. Why do you think a quick fix is going to work for one but not the other? If you don't practice something of course it will never turn out right.

Comparing what I am saying with trying to achieve perfection is completely off the mark. If you don't get what I am trying to convey that's fine. Everyone really needs to have the freedom to express themselves in anyway they see fit. However, if someone asks a question on how to achieve something and an actual thought out, holistic answer is perceived as trying to obtain perfection? That's absurd.