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Are 5in heels a step too far for women's health?
DailyMail ^ | 12th November 2011 | Eleanor Harding

Posted on 11/12/2011 11:43:43 AM PST by Daffynition

They may be the height of fashion – but the health risks will bring you back down to earth with a bump.

Five-inch heels are becoming the most sought-after shoes on the high street as shoppers take their lead from celebrities such as Victoria Beckham.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: fashion; heels; highheels; shoes
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To: BunnySlippers

Per #18

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, must be a duck. Or is that a $lut?


41 posted on 11/12/2011 12:25:50 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again.")
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To: BunnySlippers

Those might actually be useful if you happened to fall into a river, lake, ocean, or swimming pool.


42 posted on 11/12/2011 12:27:30 PM PST by reg45 (I'm not angry that Lincoln freed the slaves. I'm angry that Franklin Roosevelt bought them back.)
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To: gimme1ibertee
Sho' you right, but nevertheless, choices have consequences. I don't see the upside to this myself. Guess I'm not one of those guys who are into feet. But hey, knock yourself out.
43 posted on 11/12/2011 12:27:30 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Daffynition
They may be the height of fashion – but the health risks will bring you back down to earth with a bump.

Sounds like one of those nail-biting personal decisions that are oh so elusive any more.

If one is going to drive an SUV, eat McDonald's, go out in the sun unprotected, own legal firearms, cook on a deadly charcoal grill, or smoke they may as well wear shoes that are what they want to wear....unless of course one is a droning anti-American sheeple.

Then vote democrat and do what you are told to do!

44 posted on 11/12/2011 12:28:31 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: FourPeas; BunnySlippers

45 posted on 11/12/2011 12:28:40 PM PST by Daffynition
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To: BunnySlippers
I like your thinking!

Multipurpose foot ware. ; )

46 posted on 11/12/2011 12:30:47 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: EGPWS
Or you can vote RINO-esque. ;)


47 posted on 11/12/2011 12:33:23 PM PST by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition

IMAO, they cross the line into whore-ish. Plus, its seems women can barely walk when wearing them. No grace at all.


48 posted on 11/12/2011 12:34:16 PM PST by NakedRampage (Puttin' the "stud" in Bible study)
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To: Aria
We LAUGHED at the oh-so-high and ridiculous wigs of Marie Antoinette's era, the long, pointy-toe, curly-toe shoes that men wore during Casanova's day, the satins and bows of men's fashions during the same period, the men's zoot suits of the 30s and 40s, just to name a few crazy moments in fashion.

The women of today who would subject themselves to this fashion...they'll regret the day when they find themselves with painful multiple foot conditions that require regular visits to the podiatrist. Not to mention how laughable they look as they attempt to walk.

49 posted on 11/12/2011 12:35:11 PM PST by itssme
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To: Daffynition

I can’t decide, flip or flop?


50 posted on 11/12/2011 12:35:29 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Daffynition
The feet are a very important part of a healthy human body and those who lost them I am sure would be very bitter about how women treat theirs that they actually can appreciate but do NOT.

How one walks affects one's spine for life.

To me, a woman who does love fashion, I have my limits. I will not let a gay male fashion designer make me torture myself, make me unsafe on the street in so many ways, and keep me from enjoying the feeling of strong, flexible feet that get me everywhere I want to go. And look great in a pedicure because they are not all bunioned and contorted.

To me, higher heels are EXACTLY the same as ancient Chinese footbinding.

Men who like a well turned calf must note that for decades a decent 2" heel turned a woman's calf nicely but allowed her some comfort and safety, ESPECIALLY IF NOT WORN ALL DAY. But upwards of 2 inches, this is seriously footbinding.

Men, remember that the Chinese men of yore LOVED the look of the tiny malformed stumps the Chinese women attempted to walk on.

How is this any different?


51 posted on 11/12/2011 12:36:43 PM PST by Yaelle (Keep donating to Cain. Let's get him back on top.)
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To: Daffynition

I can’t tolerant heels at all.Never have been able to.When I see heels like this seldom do the women look happy when they have them on.They may look good but to me they look like an easy way to break an ankle really easily.


52 posted on 11/12/2011 12:37:18 PM PST by chris_bdba
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To: pieceofthepuzzle
Then they get po’ed at you because as a man you didn't notice the ‘amazing’ new earrings or belt, etc.

Or they still get PO'ed because you did notice, or didn't say it in the right way. Some days you just can't win.

53 posted on 11/12/2011 12:38:27 PM PST by ken in texas
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To: Daffynition
Why get government involved? Isn't that the left's job? but as for the beautiful coquettish look of heels, making women's feet look beautiful for shoes has been done before:
54 posted on 11/12/2011 12:38:49 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: hinckley buzzard
I'm not one of those guys who are into feet. But hey, knock yourself out.

I'm not a guy,and i'm not into feet either...I was simply making an observation. As a woman,I admire the female form almost as much as the male form.If a lady has nice-looking legs and wants to prance around in 5" heels,she should be able to without the government telling her she can't...that's all i'm saying.
55 posted on 11/12/2011 12:39:59 PM PST by gimme1ibertee ("Criticism......brings attention to an unhealthy state of things"-Winston Churchill)
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To: Daffynition

They do have bones!


56 posted on 11/12/2011 12:40:51 PM PST by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (REPEAL WASHINGTON! -- Islam Delenda Est! -- I Want Constantinople Back. -- Rumble thee forth.)
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To: EGPWS

they may as well wear shoes that are what they want to wear....


That is just it. The shoes are truly NOT what most women deeply want to wear. They wear them because society has A) told you they are the best, and B) No other heels are sold. In any department store today you will not find heels under 3 inches. Thank goodness there are flats and boots.

But I don’t believe women WANT to wear huge heels. They wear them because they have been conditioned by society and availability. And they imagine that men find them sexy. And men find them sexy mostly because there is a pretty woman in them! If the same woman were in danceable 2 inch heels, that man’s ardor would not cool.


57 posted on 11/12/2011 12:41:08 PM PST by Yaelle (Keep donating to Cain. Let's get him back on top.)
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To: gimme1ibertee
"As a woman,I admire the female form almost as much as the male form."

I'm not gonna say anything...

58 posted on 11/12/2011 12:41:31 PM PST by NakedRampage (Puttin' the "stud" in Bible study)
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To: Daffynition

Funny thing,
I’ve seen Cathrine Zeta Jones Dressed up in these and she is HOT.
Where as saaay, Mo Dowd,,,
not so much.


59 posted on 11/12/2011 12:42:42 PM PST by Joe Boucher (FUBO ( Real conservative or go fish) Sooo, that leaves you out Mitt)
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To: Yaelle
How is this any different?

Because the women are choosing to do this. Foot binding by the Chinese was started as a small child with no choice.

60 posted on 11/12/2011 12:43:58 PM PST by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
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