Today at work, I saw two women in the hallway talking. I have come across this scene many times in my life, but this one time I noticed something that I had never observed before: both of the women had high-heels of the same height. Of course, this got me thinking about society, especially that of women.
The obvious, primary function of high-heels is to make one taller. Is the purpose to make one absolutely taller (so one is 5'3" instead of 5'1") or is it to make one relatively taller (5" shorter than something instead of 7" shorter)? Knowing women, I'd bet it's to be relatively taller, which begs the question: to what are they comparing themselves?
Coming upon this scene made me laugh. If the two women were to take off their shoes, one would still be looking up to the other. It appeared to me that their high-heel pain was in vain. It made me ask, "What's the point?"
Maybe the answer to my question was answered a few moments later in an unseen scene. Maybe one of the high-heel ladies came upon a different woman who was not wearing high-heels that day and, therefore, was able to tower an additional 3"? Or is it woman's attempt to compete with men in a man's world?
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If the function were to make a woman relatively taller, then wouldn't every single style be available in varying heights so that you could reach whatever the height you wanted (and still wear the red shoes that match your purse and outfit *so* well)?
I think that means the answer is just absolutely taller. The type of shoe on a woman is probably some sort of function of these things (ordered in descending importance):
• visual compatibility with clothes/other accessories
• popularity of specific shoe in direct locality
• physical features (fits comfortably, provides enough height, too little height, etc.)
• repeatability of potential wearing occasions
• 10 other indiscriminate reasons that vary between women and type of shoe, including things such as "mood"
• cost (bottom of list)
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No really, they just want anything to be taller than they currently are.
You may understand the desire to be tall if you weren't so tall yourself.
It is just a subconscious attempt to self-validate. A woman subconsciously develops the idea that she is "more equal" to a man if she can see eye to eye with him.
This is a silly fallacy. Women will never be equal to men. If they were, they would be men. Women don't want that, even though they think they do. Which is exactly why women are both brilliant and foolishly ignorant at the same time. Only things that can be more than one thing simultaneously are evil. Women, therefore, are evil.
Proven by the fact that they wear high heels.
Next question?
I'm going to have to agree with Katie. Heels are definitely not about being taller. Speaking as a tall girl, that's actually a reason to not wear them. Who wants to be taller than the boys? It's all about looking good. It's definitely not for comfort.
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