Slow Walking Women - Sexy or Lazy?

Every morning when I get to work, I log on, grab my usual diet soda and read the news articles. Today I found this article http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,309436,00.html and would like to discuss.

First Cat and I discussed why this occurs. I came to the conclusion that it is because back in the Neanderthal days, men could smell fertile women through their pheromones so the less fertile women had to compensate so that the men would select them. It was survival of the fittest after all! In today’s society, with better hygiene, this isn’t as much as an issue, but the walk has continued to be a trait in these women.

There was a girl in my high school who I swear her hips rotated 280 degrees from side to side. If this study is true, poor thing doesn’t need to worry about getting pregnant. She’ll waste her single years worrying about birth control and condoms, and the married years worrying about when she’ll get pregnant.

Cat and my conversation quickly led to a girl in our office, we’ll call her SW from here on out (SW for slow walker). She walks so slowly through the office. I see it as meandering. To me, she looks lazy. She’s not in a hurry to get anything done. But she’s a good worker, let me tell you, she’s smart, knows her stuff, good work ethics, quick learner, etc., But I can’t help but think that her slow moving throughout the office is hindering the way her supervisors look at her. My mom told me a story about a guy in her office, who she swore never did an hour of work in his life. But he could always be found walking around the office at high speeds carrying binders. SW is the exact opposite of this guy. But I do think the speed at which you walk directly affects other’s perception of you. If you’re meandering around the office, people see you as not really excited about your work nor concered with deadlines. Plus, she types slowly. And if you go to her desk to ask a question, she slowly finishes her sentence, and slowly swivels around on the chair and slowly asks "what's up?" But that's off the topic of the slow walk.

OC calls it the “bitch” walk. That makes me laugh, because I never saw it like that. I guess to him it’s more of a strut. But the point is, women and men alike think it’s obnoxious.

So, we came to this final question. Does she have a "sexy" walk - as in rotating her hips? Or is it just sexy because it's slow? And how to others view the slow walk? Is it lazy, bitch, or sexy?

-Maxi