Heels

One of a female's rites of passage is the introduction of high heels to a young lady's life. She usually takes up with heels when she is somewhere in her teen years. They begin in "trainers" of a couple of inches. From then on, the heels grow higher and higher. Some women wear heels that are so lofty that they have to learn how to walk all over again. Damages to ankles and toes notwithstanding. High heeled shoes are supposed to make one's legs look longer, thus more attractive. And what ambitious young woman doesn't want to be desired by her dream fella?  But in the real world, attractive to whom? Dreams are generally just that and no more. There is some idea that males apparently find high heels a turn-on. It seems that they fantasize, that with longer looking legs a woman is more model-like and thus more appealing. One thinks Barbie Doll. It is assumed that such males enjoy the Barbie Doll image, one that doesn't actually possess normal human proportions. To be fair, there are a lot of males "out there", who do not like high heels on women, but I don't happen to have met any. And considering equality, if men had to wear the kinds of high heels that women do, one try and they would grab their big runners and use them to make a fast get-away. Most of the ladies I know who do wear such ridiculous shoes, take along flat shoes to wear until they reach the restaurant or club or party destination, and then don them just before entering. It is all a pose and that's okay, because it's part of nature's plan that the birds and other animals do colourful things to lure their mates. But the suffering involved, is no fun at all. What woman doesn't come home after a time of wearing these ridiculous 4 or 6 inch inventions, and fall onto  the nearest couch or chair, removing the offending foot wear with groans of relief. Not only are these fashionable creations for the foot, high, but they are also made with little straps and ties  looking as though they can actually support the sizeable weight above, Jenny or not. Little Biters would be a good name for some of the lacings and bands of leather or plastic that cut into  tender insteps  also struggling with the heel height, as well. Logic does not rule over vanity, apparently. Even models whose business it is to parade down runways, often fall or stumble wearing torturous shoes in which they must not only attempt to point out their garments' best features, but also to wend a precarious way  through glaring lights and glittering audiences in shoes that defy natural movement. Commendations to them, but please fashionistas, don't expect any sensible woman to emulate you or your work, and certainly not your towering spiked heels.