I just could not get myself to wear high heels this morning. The thought of how i felt at the end of last Wednesday (extremely bad mood) put me off. So i went in my flat sandals and was so much happier.
Ok, so over the past ten days i have researched the history of high heels, why women where high heels and the damage they can have on especially one's feet but other parts of one's body too. And i still don't really get it. Women want to wear high heels to attract male attention, but at what cost? How far will we go to attract the opposite sex?
Smith and Helms (1999) explain this behavior as being fitness enhancing. Many of these fitness enhancing behaviours "are not driven by an underlying genetic predisposition but are the outcome of cultural practices that persist in the face of biological costs" (Smith and Helms, 1999). An example, other than the wearing of high heels, is smoking. Nicotine, as we all know, is a dangerous, extremely addictive drug. Teenagers, however, will begin smoking in order to be more socially accepted even though they know it is detrimental to their health.
High heels make women feel more accepted by the male population and therefore are willing to go through the pain and potential damage.
Bibliography
Smith, E & Helms, W, 1999, Natural selection and high heels. Retrieved October 5, 2010 fromhttp://www.eosmith.com/pdfs/Articles/JournalArticle27.pdf
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