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lululu comments on A heuristic for predicting minor depression in others and myself, and related things - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: lululu 13 May 2015 05:40:45PM *  4 points [-]

I'm not saying its distasteful to find that gait attractive, it is a secondary sexual characteristic after all and thus indicates fertility/post-puberty. But yeah, the assumption of motivation/intention is a point of frustration when I run into it because I literally have no way to ambulate without men thinking there is some conscious or unconscious sexuality-based subtext. And it's not by any means an uncommon assumption, maybe 75% of men over 25 make this assumption.

I have a pear shaped body, so my center of gravity is low even for a woman. As a matter of fat vs. muscle distribution, it is most like saying I grew breasts because I unconsciously feel feminine and sexual. Feelings just don't have anything to do with fat distribution.