Ok, Kuus, I'll bite.

[sprky79]

Its feminine. :-)

[wrathofkuus]

They shorten stride length, strain the back, feet, and pretty much every joint, muscle, and ligament in the leg, and they're not even comfortable. Who decided that this was what was feminine and attractive, and why should we listen to that person?

[Deleted]

Nevermind that they were invented because a French king felt short.

And I have plenty of comfortable heels. At minimum, I own heels that are more comfortable than some of my flats.

[Deleted]

Also, flip flops are bad for your body too.

[spitforspat]

I still can't walk in heels. The kids on toddlers and tiaras show me up, big time.

I think they give legs a nice shape, but it's not enough of a trade off for me.

[Deleted]

I'm five feet tall. On a good day.

Heels are all I've got.

[amandasw]

I love heels, and not just because I'm short. It's almost like a hobby because I get so excited about a new pair. I think they're gorgeous and make me feel more put together (although I don't wear them on a daily basis). I have several pairs that are comfortable and I just love wearing them!

[thebamker]

any time I've ever had heels on, all I can think about it when it will be acceptable for me to take them off. I look like a gd fool in heels. it's bad.

[thebamker]

Jul 11, 2012 12:04:34 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

AND! They force you to walk sexily. Back arched, butt & boobs out, vavavavoom. That is, IF you know how to walk in heels. There's nothing worse* than some poor gal who looks like she's trying on mommy's pumps for the first time.

[Deleted]

I am 5'10", so the heels I wear to work aren't too high, but I find heels more comfortable in flats. When I wear a flat, I feel like I am going to trip on the floor.

[wrathofkuus]

Jul 11, 2012 12:08:23 GMT -5 nursecramer said:

I don't (personally) know any women who feel forced to wear heels. Most of them do it the same reason they pluck their brows, etc. They like the way it looks or makes them feel. YOU don't have to like it, but I find it odd that you don't get why other people do like it.

This response is so dumb that I am almost speechless.

[sewf]

Jul 11, 2012 12:05:34 GMT -5 thebamker said:

any time I've ever had heels on, all I can think about it when it will be acceptable for me to take them off. I look like a gd fool in heels. it's bad.

Me, too. I always love the look of heels, but I look like a baby giraffe trying to walk in them. I didn't even wear them for my wedding. I stuck to combat boots with a platform, a la KISS. They were awesome!

[nahoku]

I have a pair of Sofft heels that really are comfortable. Even the first time I wore them. I wish I had more things to wear with them! I will only spend money on shoes that are comfy. I rarely wear heels and I'm only 5 ft tall.

[jane6672]

Jul 11, 2012 12:03:24 GMT -5 @habbsies said:

Also, flip flops are bad for your body too.

Barefoot is best!

[smock]

Check out this 16th century "pornographic" print of a courtesan:


Oh la la.

Those shoes, also called chopines, could be up to 30 inches in height. It's no surprise that
a 16th century visitor to Venice "suggested that the chopine had been invented by jealous Italian husbands who hoped that the cumbersome movement it entailed would make illict liasons difficult."

[wrathofkuus]

That's long been a theory of why heels are thought to be sexy, Smock. Kind of like bound feet in ancient China. Those menfolk sure do like limiting women's mobility.

[smock]

I knew you'd appreciate the history of it, Kuus.

[alleycat]

I barely ever shove my hooves into heels. I hate them and I don't think they make me look sexier at all. However, I find dancing easier in heels than in any other shoe. So thats the only time I wear heels.

[malibu]

Jul 11, 2012 12:03:24 GMT -5 @habbsies said:

Also, flip flops are bad for your body too.

Well shit. Between flip flops and shoes with heels, I'm surprised I'm not already dead.

[jaylea]

Jul 11, 2012 12:36:17 GMT -5 malibu said:

Jul 11, 2012 12:03:24 GMT -5 @habbsies said:

Also, flip flops are bad for your body too.

Well shit. Between flip flops and shoes with heels, I'm surprised I'm not already dead.

I am developing a phobia now that an errant flip flop incident resulted in a broken femur for my MIL. (that and osteoporosis, obviously)

[tigress]

Jul 11, 2012 12:27:02 GMT -5 jane6672 said:

Jul 11, 2012 12:03:24 GMT -5 @habbsies said:

Also, flip flops are bad for your body too.

Barefoot is best!

Not with my plantar fasciitis. I'm plagued to wear comfortable shoes until this pain goes away.

[pantsparty]

I love high heels. They make me feel sexy. I actually trip more in flats.

[wrathofkuus]

Yes. And I wrote about mainly why I, as a person with half a brain, realize that knowing WHY I want something is important in determining whether or not I should have that something, a point that was apparently lost on you.

[gault]

I don't even find normal flats comfortable...no arch support. Let alone 3" heels.

*wanders off to find the orthopedic section*

[jane6672]

Jul 11, 2012 12:59:23 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

I love high heels. They make me feel sexy. I actually trip more in flats.

But how do you do in flip flops?

[gozf]

I like heels, and I like makeup, and I like flats, and I like to boss my boyfriend around in real life AND in the sack.

[wrathofkuus]

Oy. Also lost on you: the entire point of that original Nest post on beauty.

[imoan]

I love that now I'm supposed to feel guilty for what I consider "pretty". Kuus, being smug about what you don't "give in" to is just as bad as giving into it blindly in the first place.

I like makeup. I could spend a small fortune at Sephora if allowed. I'm pretty sure the menfolk aren't keeping me down. In fact, I'm pretty sure H would prefer I DIDN'T spend hundreds at Sephora (or on makeup in general).

[Mrs.Beagle]

Jul 11, 2012 12:03:24 GMT -5 @habbsies said:

Also, flip flops are bad for your body too.

Shut your mouth!

:::hugs Old Navy flip flops to her chest, runs out of post:::

[wrathofkuus]

Things need to be "so fucking hard" because they ARE so fucking hard. It's HARD to figure out not just the big sweeping gestures, but the little ways in which we're contributing to a culture of sexism (or racism, or classism, or any other ism that you're more concerned with) and change those and the way you think about those, in order to change the whole rather than having old values present themselves in new ways. The fact that so many people don't want to do the hard work for that end sometimes saddens me, but usually just infuriates me.