Okay Ladies.....

[Hobbitgirl]

There is a -bit- of a difference between high heel shoes and foot binding.

Yes, but they are both bad for you:

The Real Harm in High Heels - American Osteopathic Association

http://www.apma.org/Media/PRdetail.cfm?ItemNumber=13076

http://www.scpod.org/foot-health/foot-he...igh-heels/

http://www.webmd.com/women/features/tips...high-heels

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-heele...th_effects

If you want your feet to be healthy, you would be wise to either never wear high heels, or be very careful about it and limit your use of them.

I'm a stay at- home -mom with an under 1. Heels are not common for me. Still like them though.

*edit* Besides if we never did anything because it wasnt safe/good for us we'd never have any fun.

[abaris]

Clearly the more logical solution to this imbalance would be to make men have to wear heels aswell

Obviously you weren't alive or too young to remember the 70ies. Plateau soles were all the rage. Well, not really high heels, but as close as male footwear ever came.

[Crossless2.0]

Clearly the more logical solution to this imbalance would be to make men have to wear heels aswell

Obviously you weren't alive or too young to remember the 70ies. Plateau soles were all the rage. Well, not really high heels, but as close as male footwear ever came.

But let us never speak of those dark days again.

[The Valkyrie]

I dislike heels unless they're boots.

Totally agree.  When you wear those and carry the riding crop I find you hard to resist.

[The Grand Nudger]

Unless you're planning on stabbing someone in the neck at a dinner party, heels seem like a strange choice.

[Clueless Morgan]

Clearly the more logical solution to this imbalance would be to make men have to wear heels aswell

Obviously you weren't alive or too young to remember the 70ies. Plateau soles were all the rage. Well, not really high heels, but as close as male footwear ever came.

Not true, exactly.  Men used to wear heeled shoes about 500 years ago or so:

http://www.headoverheelshistory.com/1600.html

Later in the century, shoes and stockings became very important as the focus shifted to the lower body. Men wanted to wear flattering fanciful hose and shoes to accentuate their shapely legs.

Louis XIV also had a thing for high heels with red soles and heels. It must have been tough to be short in stature but lofty in power so I guess he thought he would even it up a bit.  Of course, what the king does, everyone else copies, so everyone who was anyone wore high heels with red soles and heels.  After all, what would be more proper to wear with Petticoat breeches, than high-heeled shoes?  Boots went out of style in favor of these new elegant heels now elaborately decorated with ribbons, rosettes or buckles.

Men's fashion today is still very much tied to the fashion of a guy named Beau Brummell who is the person we can pinpoint as the one who made trousers and jackets (the "Mr. Darcy" look, similar to what we think of today as a suit) popular in around 1800-1810.

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Before him (Brummell) men's fashion was the Louis XVI/GeorgeIII look - knee-length bloomers and tights and heeled shoes (though not necessarily high-heeled like we think of today)

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Also:




For as much pain and physical damage as they can do, you can't deny that heels are HOT.

[Alex K]

My wife spent years wearing heels almost exclusively (she's very girly and loves her skirts and shoes).  The result is that she is graceful as hell in heels and a complete klutz in flats.  She can even run faster in heels.  I've seen it, though it baffles me.

So you're saying that this scene from Jurassic World where the female lead runs from T-Rex in high heels is actually pure realism, and I just know the wrong women?

[Crossless2.0]

Not sure about Jurassic World, but I'd say it's even money that my wife could outrun T-Rex in a race to a sale at Macy's or to a sushi bar.

[Pyrrho]

Unless you're planning on stabbing someone in the neck at a dinner party, heels seem like a strange choice.

I cannot say that my acquaintances are representative of women generally, but I have noticed a general correlation between height and love of high heels.  In my experience, generally, shorter women have a greater affection for high heels than taller women.  Among other things, high heels make them seem taller.  In fact, one particularly short woman of my acquaintance commented on how people treated her differently based on her apparent height.  With low heels, she was treated more like a child than she was when she seemed taller due to her shoes.  She was, however, quite young, and could pass for younger, so it will be interesting to observe whether she will have the same issues once she is old.  I should probably ask her about this the next time that I see her, since she has aged a few years, but she still is far from old.

My wife, who is taller than most women, hates high heels.  I am glad of that, as I do not want her having foot problems from shoes hurting her feet.

[downbeatplumb]

Totally agree.  When you wear those and carry the riding crop I find you hard to resist.

I have heard of this Devo referred to in American movies set in the eighties.
It is not something that moved to the UK during that time.
We had our own shit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POv-3yIPSWc