I'm not sure where this thought came from — I think it was to do with the lengths people would go to be “accepted”.

Heels.

Do women actually like/love them? They (especially the very tall ones) seem very painful to me since they contort your feet. Plus, there’s the whole balancing act of staying on top of them.

(Ah, this reminds me where this started — it was when we watched “Fatafati” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27443234) a few days ago. Great movie, BTW.)

So again, do women really like wearing heels? And if yes, why? Can somebody (a woman and not a man theorising) please explain to me?

#Heels #Women #Fashion #TheLenghtsWeGoTo #TheHeightsWeAspireTo

@f When I was younger I wore heels regularly. I found them comfortable. But I did not wear extremely high heels, just regular high heels. I was in pretty good shape then and had good balance, and I didn't have to think about how to walk in them. It would not be the same now.

I dated a tall man for several years back then. I am not tall. Wearing heels when we'd go to a dance or when we went to some other kind of dressy event felt very natural; I liked being closer to his height.

That said, it was definitely partly due to my environment. It was expected. I did not mind, but that's because I kind of did not know there was another way. I led a fairly sheltered life as a youth.

@AngelaPreston Makes sense, thank you 🙂

The thing that I’ve been thinking about mostly is the fact whether most women even consider if there’s “another way”, as you said.

Would women have opted for high-heels (the extreme ones) if they’d themselves thought it through?

I know that’s a hard one to answer. But the choices that “society” forces on us (or worse yet, where we are not even aware that something is being forced upon us) is something I keep finding myself thinking about …

@f Well, once I moved away from the small town where I was raised, I rarely wore them. Less and less as time went on. By the time I was 25 I probably never wore them anymore.