Why do asians shuffle their feet

In summer, I very rarely do. This is a matter of arrogance and being totally oblivious to the people around you. My family lived in Japan for a year and we tried to fit in. We observed their behaviour and did our best to not offend.

It seems much less common amongst Japanese girls here. When I urged a female indobesian friend to lift her feet while walking she said it hurt her muscles. I believe it is a hangover from very paternalistic, chauvinistic cultural mores, when women belonged to the house and would have no need or justification to walk any distance.

The result seems to be a tendency to toe-walking and a general lack of balance when they eventually do walk. I do know that Asian children walk on average several months later than other children, which tends to support my thesis that the damage is done in the first year of life, rather than being an affectation developed only by girls later in life. This question is in the General Section. Responses must be helpful and on-topic.

To join, you must be at least 13 years old and agree to the terms and conditions. General Question. Why do asians, most specifically woman, drag their feet? Add Topic 25 questions 0 people. Add Topic 69 questions 9 people. Observing members: 0 Composing members: 0. Response moderated Unhelpful. Never have noticed such a thing. I have lived in Japan for years and I know exactly what you are talking about.

He uh, looka like a man! The less common are chicken dance, hokey pokey, tush push, the stroll, the hora, cupid shuffle, catwalk shuffle and the hustle. Heel to toe, like a normal walk, and the back of the flip flop snaps up to the heel I think that action may well be the reason for their name. I've always questioned that study result. New Yorkers move fast all the time, while Singaporeans only walk fast at rush hours - in between they dawdle away same as in any Thai wet market.

I don't know of that study but I know another study that indicates slower tolerant people live longer and are happier. Singapore and New York are not good examples of the norm. Intelligence and cognitive functioning have nothing to do with culture. Walking well is subjective biased by the observers culture and education ie.

The squeaky shoes are so the parents can hear where their kids are - handy in a place so crowded. Of course, to the parents, it sounds like music, because it indicates that their child is safe, but to the bystander - especially those with no kids, and therefore no sympathy, it can be irritating. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment.

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So if you're in Shanghai and see someone who has some western cues, which is more likely -- that the person is from China but is relatively wealthy and dresses in a western way, or that the person is from the US? There's another useful factor for identifying Chinese-born and American-born that I rarely see discussed. Ethnically Chinese people raised in the west tend to have a different head shape than those raised in China.

If you look at the profile of a Chinese-Chinese person, the back of the head tends to be flatter. In some cases, the back of the head is a straight line up from the neck. This is especially apparent in older men with short hair. I'm pretty sure this happens because infants in China are traditionally raised sleeping on their backs on firm surfaces, whereas in the west, it's much more common to use soft surfaces, and until relatively recently to let them sleep on their sides.

It's possible that head- flattening is less common in younger Chinese people, as softer bedding materials become more common. Flat heads have become more of an issue here in the US since the increasing awareness of SIDS led experts to recommend putting infants on their backs to sleep. But, there might be something more complicated than that globally.

When my husband and I were traveling in Paris, Asian Americans would come up and ask me directions in English. He wondered, "how did they know you are American? In fact, I was not allowed to take photos of shop windows or of street scenes with shop windows. If I even get out my camera, shop keepers in France and Italy would jump right out the shop doors and start screaming at me.

The relatively low incidence of gonarthrosis in Chinese populations compared to Caucasians remains unexplained. Repetitive impulsive loading exhibited at heel strike in the walking process has been linked to the development of gonarthrosis, while the gait characteristics of people at different risk levels for gonarthrosis have not been compared quantitatively.