Marcel Mauss's Habitus
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In sociology and anthropology, he took the position that "Explaining the differences in how people use their bodies as personal is insufficient because the use of the body varies depending on society." People do not walk at different paces because they are born with different body structures.
Rather, individuals learn the preferred way of walking in each society.
In other words, the way of walking is learned after birth and becomes ingrained in the body.