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Why Do Women Wear High Heels?

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LewPaper | 08:38 Thu 03rd Sep 2015 | ChatterBank
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Don't get me wrong - they look very nice, but then again they look just as feminine in flats but they can't be very comfortable and I for one couldn't endure the discomfort for even a minute.
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They do it to look sexy.

Pain tolerance would be an individual thing. Some think a little discomfort worth it.
They make you taller and your legs look shapely.

Not all high heels are uncomfortable.
High heels can look very glam and they make good legs look even better. However, if they make you hobble around painfully, that's not a good look. I used to wear mid-height heels and my feet were killing me at the end of the day. I wear flats now, which I agree can look just as feminine.
High heels throw the hips forward, and make the legs look longer - so the overall look is seen to be improved.
Men like them, need I say more.
They make long legs look even longer.
\\ they look very nice, but then again they look just as feminine in flats b\\\

Not to me they don't.

Women wear high heels because high heeled shoes are smarter and they give the women a better posture and gait.
Mind you.....seeing the way some women disregard their feminism, they would look better in Wellington boots.
....nor me!

High heels are sexy and attractive and turn men on - flats don't!
Women wear clothes for very different reasons than men. Basically, Men wear clothes that keep them warm and doesn't allow their willys to hang out.

The very idea that a shoe looked good but was uncomfortable to wear would never occur to a man. I attended a family wedding 4 years ago, and all the women at the bash, without exception, from the bride down, complained that their feet hurt. When I suggested that perhaps they should wear comfortable shoes and that high heels were really not made for walking in, I was dismissed with scorn, as

"a mere man and what did I know ? ........these shoes were not made for walking in ! ", etc.

Well, if shoes are not meant for walking in, just what are they for ?

Some women can walk in high heels but many can't, as demonstrated by their wobbly gait and constant complaints about "my feet hurt ! "

Extremely short dresses are another mystery. Whenever I see women wearing them, they seem to be constantly tugging at them, and anyway, it can't be easy to spend the whole evening contorting themselves, so nobody catches a glimpse of their private parts.

But, as a mere man, .......!
mainly to make them taller; tall women seldom seem to wear them. As to whether they're comfortable, that's a matter of individual choice. I've had clothes - not just shoes - that have proved uncomfortable to wear, so I've stopped wearing them.

As for looking more attractive - well, as you can see from the answers above, they attract a very dodgy breed of men :-)
Seems very strange that Chinese and Burmese women were eventually freed from the tortuous ritual of having their feet bound from almost birth and now more enlightened women squeeze their feet into a shoe at a ridiculous almost vertical angle. Makes me shudder for them.
I just feel more feminine wearing them rather than clomping around in ugly "sensible" flat shoes! Quite depressing!

Sadly, with dodgy knees and at age 67 I am having to lower the height I wear, I still wear stilettos, but also there are lovely wedge heels around this year.

It's the same with the long floaty skirts - I love wearing them, more glamorous and feminine in my opinion, but they are a rare sight these days except for special occasions.
yes, well, not quite the same as foot-binding...

http://www.wunrn.com/news/2012/11_12/11_26/112612_china2_files/image003.jpg
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Early days. :-(
//they look just as feminine in flats \\

//Not to me they don't.//

Glad Sqad agrees with me! ;)
Go into any town centre on a Saturday night and you'll see women, who earlier in the day spent £50 on a pair of shoes, carrying said shoes under their arm, whats all that about?
Their feet hurt. I used to work in a job where I was mainly on my feet and believe me flats can hurt as well.
I guess the simple answer is because they want to!
saintpeter48...the answer is quite simple. As Ummm has said, their feet hurt, and they hurt because the shoes are uncomfortable !

How many men do you see carrying their shoes ?

How many men suffer from bunions, as compared to women ?
High heels do nothing for me, I would rather my women didnt wear them, buts that's just a personal thing, I prefer a woman to just be natural and dress comfortably. I find natural beauty far more alluring and sensual.
I wear heels when im going out to a party/ club/ wedding etc i wouldnt dream
Of wearing flats to an occasion (mabye at a house party??) makes
Me feel "done up" or more glam and slimmer LOL

I wear huge heels to wedges to flip flops and birkenstocks. Oh and luminois roshe runs!!

I wore trainers and also converse to work and my feet & back KILLLLLED ME!!! I now have a super super ugly pair of birkenstocks and i get the mickey taken out of me constantly LOL

As ummm says flats hurt too! I love flip flops. Love my jelly flats too and my pompom flats (very tinkerbell!!!!) xx

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