“And your heels so high that you cant even have a good time” -Jessie J
“And no, I will not wear high heels. Because heels are a male invention designed to make women’s butts look smaller… and to make it harder for them to run away.”
-Amanda Bynes in She’s the Man
“I’m hell on heels” -Pistol Annies
“If high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them.”
– Sue Grafton
Above is just the tip of the iceberg about the feelings behind the crazy contraption we call high heels. But it goes deeper than just how, “They look like they hurt” as Luke Travis (12) said.
Recent studies have shown that heels are re-shaping leg muscles and feet for women. Apparently women who wear heels every day will eventually experience more pain wearing regular shoes. Business teacher Shelley Tregoning said, “There is a time and place to be girly but it is not every day.” Heels stretch the muscles and tendons especially the Achilles tendon making it thicker. Brooke Miller (12) said, “I knew it was torture! Just look around at the girls that wear them, they have so much trouble walking they end up just looking ridiculous.” Because of the stretching and shortening of muscles, Amanda Bynes had it right when she said heels make it harder for women to run away because indeed, running becomes more difficult.
Like average girls though, I don’t go with scientific facts about silly things like this; I’m gonna choose what makes me look good obviously. Holly Mawson (14) said “I just want to raid Lady Gaga’s shoe closest so I can feel foxy like her.” I ask for ladies to do this with caution though because according to Jon Klein (12), “There is a fine line between hot and trashy heels. It’s a good cue on what kind of girl she is.” So ladies do not hooch it up thinking you’ll attract any onlookers. It is not attractive to look like your feet are in severe pain.
HEEL-O-METER!!!
ballet flats: this girl is sweet and very kind-hearted and goes for a more euro-classy style much like Audrey Hepburn
“barely there” heels: these are usually for older women teachers, I don’t understand why they wear these because they just make the wearer look like they are waddling like a duck
platform wedges: this person is more carefree summer girl and while she loves the height, still wants to be nice to her feet
stilettos: all i can say is watch out for this crazy chick because she is probably borderline-insane! There is a reason these shoes are named after a knife, that is because its a torture mechanism females like to put themselves through just for kicks.