Why are Japanese girls pigeon-toed?

It must be up there with the bad teeth, the supposedly flat chests, and the noises during sex… Japanese girls are pigeon-toed. It’s certainly not all but a visible minority of certain younger girls walk in a strange bow-legged way.

But why?

It is perhaps something to do with always wearing high heels and having thin legs. As any girl knows, these will essentially warp your legs into all kinds of bad contortions.

Traditionally Japanese women also do not have much in the way of buttocks or thighs (after all, the kimono is a totally straight piece of clothing).

Western women, on the other hand, have larger rears and might be said to try to pull it in as they walk, meaning they push their feet out. For Japanese girls, it’s the opposite — some might try (subconsciously) to make their asses look more shapely and feminine by walking with them sticking out, making their legs and feet curve inwards.

That’s one practical explanation. Japanese sources usually put it down to us girls having to sit in the seiza seating position from a young age — though that does not really explain why it’s most pronounced in Shinjuku and Shibuya ladies, who are definitely not the sort to still be doing tea ceremony classes!

Do you know any more?