Effect On Body Posture and Gait
Body shape has effects on body posture and gait, and has a major role in physical attraction. This is because a body's shape implies an individual's hormone levels during puberty, which implies fertility, and it also indicates current levels of sex hormones. A pleasing shape also implies good health and fitness of the body.
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Famous quotes containing the words effect, body, posture and/or gait:
“The reason why women effect so little and are so shallow is because their aims are low, marriage is the prize for which they strive; if foiled in that they rarely rise above disappointment ... [ellipsis in source]”
—Sarah M. Grimke (1792–1873)
“I never knew so young a body with so old a head.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“If one’s posture is upright, one has no need to fear a crooked shadow.”
—Chinese proverb.
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—Lenny Bruce (1925–1966)