Okay but after seeing this I started doing it too and it’s amazing how many men I’ve run into bc they expected me to move
Gotta try it
I work (and walk) on a college campus. I’ve lost count of how many men I’ve smacked shoulders with.
Recently, I was standing outside my son’s classroom waiting to talk to his teacher. I stood on one side of the hallway, not even close to the center. At some point, a man came walking along. I was standing right in his path, but the hallway was empty, so I logically expected him to swerve around me. Instead he kept walking right toward me, got to me, and stopped, as if waiting for me to get out of his way. I didn’t; I just smiled politely at him. He finally walked around me, clearly annoyed that I hadn’t leapt out of his manly path.
Now I’m wishing I’d leapt aside, taken off my jacket and laid it on the floor before him, then bowed deeply and said, “My Liege!”
I also work at a college campus. I smack shoulders sometimes, but I find that if I stare straight ahead and follow the advice below, people get the heck out of the way.
Honestly this post changed how I carry myself when walking alone in public, or in a situation where I’m the one leading. People definitely move for the murder gaze.
Confirmed. I once had to rush back inside a convention hall as the con was closing in order to a retrieve a sick friend’s medication, and I didn’t understand why people in the crowd were jumping out of my way (literally—one guy vaulted a table) until I realized I was dressed as the Winter Soldier and doing the Murder Walk because that’s just how I walk in those boots. I got the meds, got out, and made a mental note.
I repeated the experiment later, wearing the boots but otherwise my usual clothing and mimicking the expression I thought I’d had at that moment. People parted like I was Charlton Heston.
I now wear that style of boots whenever possible. I recently had a man do a double-take as I walked by and ask me, politely, where I had served because I “looked like a soldier.” I’m not current or former military. I was wearing a flowy purple peasant top and looked as un-soldierlike as possible.
Moral of the story: wear comfortable shoes, square your shoulders, and walk like you’ve been sent to murder Captain America.
WALK LIKE YOU’VE BEEN SENT TO MURDER CAPTAIN AMERICA
I will always reblog this post, because it works!! Even when coming up to a large group of teenage lads, who are taking up the entire pathway and had not moved for adult males let alone anyone else, got the HELL out of the way for the murder walk!!!
Always reblog for the Murder Walk.
Question, will the murder walk work for people under the height of 5′5″?
The murder walk does work if you’re under 5’5″! Having resting bitchface and wearing a lot of black helps.
I’m a small 5’3″ and have been called intimidating by multiple people. I’m actually a marshmallow, but my face and the way I walk and talk say “intimidating” somehow
Confirm the under 5’5″. I am a 5’3″ woman and subconsciously did this kind of adjustment in my teens; only later realizing what I was doing and why. Other things to think on that have worked for me: Take up more space than you think you need. Do so even at rest. Spread your elbows. Stand wide. Chin up. Kick your feet out if you are sitting. If you feel like a man is looking at you in a creepy way, make eye contact and pretend you are a cat. I don’t feel like my face is angry, but apparently my neutral is resting bitch face; to me it’s always felt like a cat face; I am neutral but I could murder you if you started something.
I’m 4′11″ and the murder walk definitely works. Don’t let your shoulders slump, and keep your gaze fixed on where you intend to go. You may be tempted to make eye contact with the people around you. Try to avoid this. Remember: eye contact is only for your intended prey.
The boot swagger is a common occurrence with combat boots, motorcycle boots, ski boots and stiff winter boots. It’s pretty great. It definitely forces people to notice you.
