Have you noticed that our environment affects how we look like?

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

I am from Georgia, a transcontinental country with Caucasian mountains, our country is very mountainous and full with uphills.

The first thing I noticed when I came to China was how flat the ground was. I was surprised cause I was expecting to walk the way I walk in Georgia, there we don’t have a lot of flat ground. You’re always going up and down.

What I also noticed is that here girls’ legs are slimmer, which I love and they even walk a bit differently.

I had a weird time adjusting to this ground.

Then I’ve paid attention and in my country girls are slim but with more pronounced and stronger legs and bottoms.

For example, when I first came to China, everyone thought I was a fitness model because of my legs. And my legs aren’t even muscular, I guess the shape is just different than what they are used to seeing here.

So, I’ve been wondering, maybe the differences in leg shapes, are the result of our ancestors living in mountainous or flat places, respectively?

[MementoMori777]

Personally I think it has to do with the nutrition we put into the body, I'm sure you eat more proteins and stuff in georgia that make it easier to build muscles while people in China I think eat more grains than anything, that of course depends on diet and exercise as well, gense also play their part of course but I wouldn't say all of it

[MementoMori777]

Genes*

[misogynistic_pig]

The leg musculature is related to height and is directly proportional to the neoteny of the individual, in this case Eastern Europeans are tall therefore have thin legs and East Asians are short and neotenic.

[Grond21]

It does make sense that your environment can significantly affect your physicality.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Yep, and I know it cause I’ve studied evolutionary psychology.

But only now, I realized that girls are curvy in my country because of mountains probably.

Here some women walk with their legs wide apart, I guess that’s also an adjustment to their environment.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Men also walk like this, but I think it suits men more than women.

[Grond21]

Yes exactly. adapt came to their environments.

Curvy from the hips down?

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by walking with their legs wide apart. But I know it does look better on men to have our legs more open. Although I'm thinking of sitting down more than walking

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

I am not talking about myself. I am saying that they have slimmer waists and thicker hips and bigger breast. I am not the one like that haha but I am happy with my breast. I am just talking about girls in my country.

And they walk with their legs wide apart I mean that, they walk as if they have another leg between their legs, putting their legs away instead of putting them straight of one another when walking. Kind of like waddle. I find it might be because their flat ground.

[Grond21]

I get the thicker hips and legs, because of the extra effort. Thinner waists is interesting, I'm not sure why that would be an evolutionary advantage. Maybe it's just ethnic. And bigger breasts seem to be more common from that area of the world. But I am not sure why they are that way either. Still, it's good you are happy with yours. That's a blessing.

Ahhh, I know what you mean. It almost sounds like a sailor's waddle. And you walk more straight?

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Georgian girls walk like supermodels haha. What I mean is - Chinese girls walk like that not girls in my country. Chinese girls waddle. I am surprised why. I wonder if that’s because of a flat ground. I’ve noticed men walk the similar way, but it looks better on guys and totally weird on girls.

I don’t know what’s a sailor’s waddle, I’ll have to search it.

[Grond21]

Whoa, they do? Just naturally? Whoa, that is intense, and I can't imagine tons of girls casually walking like that. I want to see it now. Do you have a video of either one?

The sailor waddle was more common when ships had to deal with a rolling deck

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

I don’t go around taking videos of strangers but I am sure, there will be some videos online.

[Grond21]

No, I wasn't asking you to. That would be weird. What I was asking was if you happened to know of any off the top of your head that highlights the different walks

[NathanDavis]

I do look like the Sun never existed...

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Anemia?

[NathanDavis]

lmao... close enough

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Get some Vitamin D 😋

[NathanDavis]

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

I like the idea, but all vampires are partially dead, think about that haha

[NathanDavis]

the struggle is real...

[msc545]

It is the result of exercise from climbing and descending those little hills on uneven ground.