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Wearing high heels constistenly will eventually deform one's feet; if any of you have grandmothers who wore high heels, look at her feet sometime when she doesn't have her shoes on. Chances are, she'll have barbie-feet with her toes all mashed together and an inability to completely flex at the ankle.
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I could never wear high heels

wrt psychological benefits, it's better to train for a few years in a martial art. That gets you to walk straight without deforming your body.

I think that barefoot women are capable of moving their bottoms much more seductively than women in high heels.

My evidence?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCkjJfE5g4g[/youtube]

Any evidence of any woman in high heels accomplishing a similar feat?

Would this depreciation exceed that of the rest of her body by the time she's a grandmother?

Here is a woman in high heels

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTFTN1cAh1Y[/youtube]

Yes, her calf muscles are tightened. The movement of the buttocks is not enhanced. I think that she just looks silly.

The rest of my Grandmother, at least, is not physically deformed - just her feet.

Barefoot is much more seductive

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3oiZieTlI0[/youtube]

The movement of the buttocks is enhanced. The clothing hides that in this particular video.

And stop following that poor woman around, you perv!

(Feminists: It a joke. I know it's probably not him who took the video.)

I'm a Lindsey Stirling fan

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCaOS3TAjbI[/youtube]

Would the wiggling of her fanny, while dancing and playing the violin, really be enhanced with high heeled shoes?

My premise is based on if a women perceives that she looks attractive and gains confidence from wearing high heel shoes, that there is a psychological benefit, regardless if men perceive the high heels as attractive.

The study quoted from the daily mail and the huffington post suggests that men don't notice women wearing high heels.

My point is, even if that study wasn't flawed in it's methodology, and it actually provided conclusive evidence that for centuries men have not been noticing women in high heels, if woman believe they look attractive and gain confidence from wearing high heel shoes, they gain a psychological benefit. In this case the psychological benefit of feeling attractive, and having greater self-confidence.

The science of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy provides evidence that this is the way that the human mind works.

There are some folks in the world, that have confidence and assurance in their attractiveness, in their method of personal style in fashion, regardless of how most of the rest of the world perceives them. I don't suspect this is the majority of individuals, but it works for some.

They could be much better off than those that constantly seek perfection, and never find it. Cognitive Behavioral therapy, has had some success in treating some of those folks.

UIltimately, what matters the most for any individual, is how they perceive themself in relation to others. I don't think there is any question about the validity of that statement.

Care rationing is how free healthcare works.

I have never once had any problems with my healthcare, nor do I know anybody who has. Death panels and care rationing are a fabrication.

aghogday, my point is that the suppsed psychological benefit is not happening because of wearing the heels. it is happening because of how the person thinks they are being perceived by OTHERS when they have them on. that isn't really a benefit if it depends on other people. cultural conditioning can be an ugly thing indeed if it persuades one to equate deforming one's feet with beauty.

I think she looks hawt. So ArrantPariah, are you just trying to sound enlightened? Or maybe you just don't find women sexy......


Also, that woman is wearing shorts that aren't tight fitting so it's harder to notice the movement of her ass. If she were wearing a stretch mini skirt/dress you'd really notice it.

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a lot of men don't care about the shoes women wear, or even actively dislike heels. they do tend to be progressive-thinking men.