Die Schönheit des weiblichen Körpers  

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In an elaborate discussion of beauty of movement Stratz summarizes the special characters of the gait in woman as follows:

"A woman's walk is chiefly distinguished from a man's by shorter steps, the more marked forward movement of the hips, the greater length of the phase of rest in relation to the phase of motion, and by the fact that the compensatory movements of the upper parts of the body are less powerfully supported by the action of the arms and more by the revolution of the flanks. A man's walk has a more pushing and active character, a woman's a more rolling and passive character; while a man seems to seek to catch his fleeing equilibrium, a woman seems to seek to preserve the equilibrium she has reached.... A woman's walk is beautiful when it shows the definitely feminine and rolling character, with the greatest predominance of the moment of extension over that of flexion." (Carl Heinrich Stratz, Die Schönheit des Weiblichen Körpers, fourteenth edition, p. 275.) (via Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 )




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