They're just one more way to control women.
There could be a whole dissertation written about this and I'm not gonna go there in a Lemmy Shitpost comment section. But I will say:
"Women choose to wear them" - yes, and society has forced us in many ways by making it part of uniforms and being drilled into us since we're little kids that we need to conform if we want to succeed.
I say 'we' because I'm a woman but I have never worn shoes like that and I never will, it has caused me issues to reject such standards. I'm lucky I chose a career where I've always been allowed to wear pants and sneakers instead of skirts and heels.
When I was in primary school I would constantly get kicked out of class and sent to the principal's office because I chose to wear the uniform's winter pants instead of skirts, couldn't wear the boy's shorts. Because me following the rules but refusing to wear a skirt was more important than me getting an education.
Men don't realize how much women's bodies are controlled from the moment we're born. It's gotten better in the last years but shit like that still happens more than yall realize.
Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The alpha-male influencers told me women see me as human garbage if I’m under 6 feet, and they’re right:
Since I started wearing them, so many girls complimented me and my stilettos.
toynbee@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Even were it fashionable for someone like me to wear any kind of high heels, since I broke my ankle I have too much of a phobia of falling down to ever try.
42firehawk@fedinsfw.app 9 hours ago
I get you, I tore a tendon in my foot and can’t wear high heals at all anymore, and frankly most formal women’s shoes force my foot into an angle it can’t support anymore.