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'''Gait''' is a person's manner of walking. How attractive a man's gait  is depends on status as well as physical strength. Women more than men seem to discriminate between strong and weak walkers when assessing attractiveness of male gait.<ref>https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01427/full</ref> Altering of the human [[femoid|female]] gait through use of high heels is also a female sexual strategy,<ref>https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01875/full</ref> that likely enchances attractiveness through imitation of a lordotic (swayback) mating posture.<ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40806-017-0123-7</ref> The same posing of the arched spine also makes [[twerk]]ing a sexually provocative dance.

Humans assess people's gait consciously or subconsciously to attempt to determine their interpersonal characteristics, (personality, social status, health etc.) to varying degrees of accuracy.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010027712001102</ref>  [[Dark triad|Psychopaths]] are apparently more accurate at perceiving potential victim's vulnerability based on gait cues.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886918304896</ref> [[Asperger's Syndrome|Autists]] also generally have a more awkward gait compared to [[NT|neurotypicals]].<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966636219303601</ref> The awkwardness of the gait is especially noticeable using motion tracking software.<ref>https://www.spectrumnews.org/features/deep-dive/autism-in-motion/</ref>