High Heels

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Do you ever wear them? I've always found them strangely beautiful, so lately I've been trying wearing them, but they are quite tricky to walk in - they change your whole posture.

So what do you think: Are they attractive . . . silly . . . or dangerous?

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I love them but they are especially dangerous for me to wear because both of my feet have a messed up bone structure and one of them recently suffered a ruptured tendon. I wear them anyway. I'm 4'11, they make me average height. Actually, on my pinterest one of my boards is just shoes, most or all of them are high heels. I'm such an addict, it's a good thing I'm poor or I'd be a shoe hoarder.

I just love shoes in general tho.

I like how they look on the majority of women. High heels complete the dress.

They're good if you can get a pair that fits right. I have trouble wearing slip-on pumps because they're either too small or too loose on my feet, and it's hard to walk in heels that are slipping off your heel with every step. When I do wear heels I prefer them to have straps at the ankles.

It makes a huge difference if you invest in a well made shoe. Shop sales frequently, you might find a pair in budget.

I always preferred to wear shoes with about a two inch chunky heel. My legs were never quite long enough for my taste, and I take long strides. But I never liked walking in ordinary 'pumps' and any heel that is four inches or higher will have you in a lot of pain by the end of the day. I am convinced models and actresses only wear them from red carpet to sitting at the event they are being photographed at.

Also, high heels get caught in floor grates and that's very annoying. That even happened to the Duchess of Cambridge.

That's how my interest in trying to wear them started. I found a pair of Franco Sarto 2" slip-ons for $3 at the Salvation Army. I was going to sell them on eBay, but they were my size so I tried them and they weren't that bad. They are precarious though - if I had to run, I'd take them off.

I dont like them. People walk weird with them, it looks silly when they are stumbling around with their tiny-steps. I also completly hate them, when you are in a crowd, and everyone has to cripple walk suddenly only because in front of the crowd is one woman, that was not able to choose propper shoes for walking, and now she is cripple walking in front of everyone and forces everyone to slow down. But when you have normal shoes on, its impossible to walk normal as you are used, and do such tiny steps so its absolutly irritating, and I get aggressive and angry because of her. So I push it down, but I really would like to kick these women in the ass, so they know at least why it is better to walk in shoes, that help you balance.

Its simply: If I know that I will be walking in public places, where I will slow everyone down, if I dont wear propper shoes: Why dont they just choose propper shoes? And why has everyone else to respect to waste time, only because of a women that is not able to choose propper shoes, for what she is planning? I mean if I go to theatre or opera or whatever, where I am not in the way its ok, but as example for foodshopping in supermarket? O_O

I simply dont get it. They look so dumb, women look so dumb and crippled in it, and I wouldnt even care but it pisses me so own, that they are always slowing you down, and everyone expect you to think of it as normal that you waste your time because of an asocial women, not being able to cloth herself propperly. If I startet to hop on one feet for purpose because I am an asocial idiot, and would slow people down behind me, they would tell me to stop. But if I choose to wear shoes, that have the same effect: "Oh, we all have to respect that!" I simply dont get it.

Maybe those women just can't walk in them properly. That's a skill in itself. Don't call them dumb s**ts just because they get in your scowling hunched over hands in pockets way. You're probably a grump before you even leave the house.

I do notice that many women don't walk properly in their heels. They walk with more of a full footed clop with heel and toe hitting the ground at the same time. You have to walk "normally" with heel and then toe, just as if you weren't wearing awkward shoes at all. Yes it's precarious when you're wearing a stiletto but it's still achievable with practice.

My other peeve is girls who buy and wear strappy open heels in their flat footed shoe size, which then means they have like, 2/3 inch of unused toe padding at the tip of the shoe sticking out. Go a size down when buying strappy heels ladies, please.

Its not about grumpy. Its about working. I have got work to do like many other people also, and I think its asocial to slow down people only for fun and on purpose. The time we need to stay longer in work, and come later home to our families. I dont get angry because of slow old people or women with children or people that are carrying stuff and so on....there are understandable causes, why they have to do so and there is nothing that can be changed about it. They dont do it on purpose, they are forced to slow others down. If I come home later form work, because of meeting someone that is forced to walk slowly, its noones fault and noone does it on purpose. But if someone wastes time, I could spend with my family, only because he wants to stumble around in shoes, that pushes their but and boobs out, I am angry. An 80 year old woman cant choose if she is able to walk propper. But a 20 year old can, she simply dont want to because she doesnt care for the others. Pushing her butts and boobs are more important for her then other people.

If I had a crowd behind me, and would slow them down by deciding to hop on one foot without cause, do you think that they were "people that stand up grumpy" if they told me stop with my behavior, and walk normal, without slowing them down for fun?

Ann2011: Lol. Thank you for the pic.

I liked my Doc Martens. They had 2" heels, and are actually orthopedic, so they looked good and were very functional. They don't exactly match everything, though.

In some cities, women carry the heels they 'must' wear for their work (offices, it's more dressy, like a man with a necktie) and wear sneakers (trainers in UK) for walking. It's too bad something dressy and pretty but practical can't be invented.

Some women will always wear only heels. My mother wore a high heel on her other foot when she had a broken leg! But she wore them daily so she walked very well in them. If you wear the shoe daily it changes the tendon in your leg. I think it shortens it. If a woman wants to impress her date with a long leg, and doesn't wear a heel often, she might walk badly because her feet are horribly painful. You are walking on cement on the ball of your feet - try it.

Society excuses it because maybe they like to look at the pretty women in heels, Schneekugel.

I used to try to dress to impress a long time ago and it was considered a must for some things then (job interview, audition, anything serious) to wear heels. At that time the chunky heel was not in fashion, or I would've worn those. However once I had pain too many times I switched to flat loafers, even if I looked worse. Then I found my Doc Martens.

Some women do not feel feminine without high heels...it is probably the culture they grew up in.

A culture which identifies femininity with impracticality. It’s the same principle behind foot binding: the more encumbered they are, the less they can fend for themselves and the more they depend on men, thus guaranteeing their faithfulness. A culture where women are free should ditch that principle.

In addition, the arching of the back high heels induce subtly mimics lordosis behavior, thus sending men a subliminal message that the woman is aroused and sexually receptive when she most likely isn’t (not for a random man receiving the signal, at least), just like makeup does.

Since I learned about the effects of wearing high heels on the woman’s body, I find it quite disturbing to see them torture their naturally graceful feet and legs like that.

According to my experience, there is some correlation between the height of heels and arrogance.
So for me, high heels are mainly a reason to avoid someone.

Another thing that I like about high heels is that they've become a work of art over the years. You can now get them in any design that you want and get them 3-D printed to look like anything. I wouldn't personally wear them for obvious reasons, but I would like to see them worn by fashionistas.

I like them but I can't walk on them properly without looking awkward. My mum is really good at wearing high heels.

I'm a guy so they wouldn't work for me & I don't really pay much notice to em on women but I know the red 1s work for Kellie Pickler

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