# Do you like high heels? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 22, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518 "2010-11-22T05:08:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518/121 "2010-11-24T04:05:57Z")
> [@Tabby\_Cat](#): > > Seriously though - and male here btw, in case anyone got mixed up - I wore [this pair of boots](http://www.rivithead.com/product_info.php/cPath/96/products_id/1313) to my company D&D two years ago, and DAMN they looked amazing. Trashy amazing, yes, but amazing nonetheless. Danced in them, too. > > If that night was even a tenth of what heels do for women, well, I know why most women wear heels. > I’m wearing them again this year! Damn! They look nice-and they come in my size…barely. I may have to change my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518/122 "2010-11-24T06:05:31Z")
Male; I like them. They just look sexy to me. And very archetypically feminine. ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518/123 "2010-11-24T07:30:55Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > Did I expect you to care? There was a poll, opinions were asked. I gave mine and then I expanded slightly upon it when asked. > > Frankly it is rather self centred of you to assume that your opinion comes into it at all. You mentioned your opinions might upset people, I was just letting you know you hadn’t. Though perhaps I missed your point? These high heels do it make it so hard to think clearly. Maybe it’s the altitude… ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518/124 "2010-11-24T07:34:32Z")
I love them. I joined the Glee Club in 7th grade just to wear high heels. It wasn’t just that girls could wear them; we had to. I couldn’t sing, but… As far as I can tell, I knew how to walk in them instantly, and have never had a problem owing to heel height. I’ve had killer shoes of all types including flats, and those shoes get thrown into the back of my closet and not worn. They are not usually heels. 4" is my limit, though. I have kind of small feet. Any higher and I have no give at all. And I try to vary the height–really high heels one day, much lower heels the next. No matter what the shoe is, though, I am happy to take it off. Hiking boot, tennis shoe, tap shoe, 4-inch spike, doesn’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518/125 "2010-11-24T08:48:30Z")
Other: I’m a girl. High heels, to me, are fetish wear. I love wearing them for that reason. High-heeled boots make me feel powerful and dominant; strappy heels make me feel sexy. That said, 95% of the time I prefer to be barefoot or in sturdy (and flat) doc marten style boots. They’re more comfortable, and day-to-day that’s what I’m interested in. Comfort is also the reason I’m very picky about what high-heeled boots/shoes I get. Boots have a spacious toe box, none of that toe-crushing (and frankly, ridiculous-looking) super pointy super long toe thing. I also like chunky, especially in boots, because having an inch-tall platform at the ball of my feet means my three inch heel is really only a two-inch heel. Three inches is my absolute limit – I have cute ankle boots with three inches and no platform, and boy do I feel that. Also, no spike-heels. I want to actually be able to walk in them without breaking an ankle, so the heels have to be thick enough to provide stability. On the flip side, I’m also queer and for reasons unknown to me spontaneously developed a mild foot/high-heel fetish when I was around 26. (I didn’t even wear heels before then.) Pretty arch in a strappy shoe… yum. Only women’s feet, though, shoe or not. I also have a thing for pony boots, and high-heeled boots under long flared pants (similar look to pony boots). ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518/126 "2010-11-24T08:56:27Z")
Huh. I find the open toed variety to be more fetishy, while the closed toe variety seems more formal. Except the ones that have a really sharp point at the end–those have elements of both. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518/127 "2010-11-24T09:28:00Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > Because they are so clearly bad for your feet, generally hurt your feet (according to all the women I have met that moan about them) and force the person wearing them properly that they cant even walk properly (ie. They cannot roll from heel to toe, instead doing a more robotic lift, move, lower movement). What the hell’s wrong with being robotic? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518/128 "2010-11-24T09:30:24Z")
I have never been able to wear them without significant foot pain. Although I wish I had the option of wearing them with certain outfits where they would be appropriate. I do not understand how women wear them for more than a couple of hours. I have had foot pain lasting for many days after wearing heels. I don’t like this new resurgence in high heel popularity. I see women wearing high heels with jeans to the grocery storee. Why? Do men even notice them? ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518/129 "2010-11-24T09:43:45Z")
I always wondered if women who dance in heels really knew what they look like [dancing in heels](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQu_NLRvULM). ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518/130 "2010-11-24T14:39:05Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > What the hell’s wrong with being robotic? Dude, you crack me up. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518/131 "2010-11-24T16:53:03Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > If you get ones that fit and know how to wear them they don’t hurt at all. There is no torture involved. Stick your heel in a grate and say that. Slip on ice with the tiny little bit of traction that a narrow heel provides. I have seen heels break too. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518/132 "2010-11-24T16:57:16Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Stick your heel in a grate and say that. Slip on ice with the tiny little bit of traction that a narrow heel provides. I have seen heels break too. OK, but accidents can happen in any shoes. I am wearing flat shoes today and I remember the day last winter when I was wearing them and we had some unexpected snow. Walking on a cobblestone street nearly killed me—I was slipping and sliding everywhere. And if you could see them, you would likely think they were Extremely Sensible Shoes. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518/133 "2010-11-24T16:58:11Z")
> [@Kaio](#): > > Other: > > I’m a girl. High heels, to me, are fetish wear. I love wearing them for that reason. High-heeled boots make me feel powerful and dominant; strappy heels make me feel sexy. > > That said, 95% of the time I prefer to be barefoot or in sturdy (and flat) doc marten style boots. They’re more comfortable, and day-to-day that’s what I’m interested in. > > Comfort is also the reason I’m very picky about what high-heeled boots/shoes I get. Boots have a spacious toe box, none of that toe-crushing (and frankly, ridiculous-looking) super pointy super long toe thing. I also like chunky, especially in boots, because having an inch-tall platform at the ball of my feet means my three inch heel is really only a two-inch heel. Three inches is my absolute limit – I have cute ankle boots with three inches and no platform, and boy do I feel that. Also, no spike-heels. I want to actually be able to walk in them without breaking an ankle, so the heels have to be thick enough to provide stability. > > On the flip side, I’m also queer and for reasons unknown to me spontaneously developed a mild foot/high-heel fetish when I was around 26. (I didn’t even wear heels before then.) Pretty arch in a strappy shoe… yum. Only women’s feet, though, shoe or not. I also have a thing for pony boots, and high-heeled boots under long flared pants (similar look to pony boots). I have a new internet crush… ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518/134 "2010-11-24T20:23:17Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > I have a new internet crush… How _you_ doin’? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518/135 "2010-11-25T01:05:28Z")
> [@nyctea scandiaca](#): > > I see women wearing high heels with jeans to the grocery storee. Why? Do men even notice them? Yes. Ohhh yes. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518/136 "2010-11-25T01:15:31Z")
Woman here, I love the way a nice heel looks and I do enjoy wearing them (and I only keep around the heels that I can stand and walk in comfortably), but I don’t very often because I don’t like attention, and I get a lot more when I wear heels. As for them being dangerous… I don’t get off balance when I walk in heels, and I haven’t fallen down under any circumstances in years as far as I can remember. Also, I habitually run totally barefoot or in ‘minimalist’ footwear and if I was wearing any sort of shoe in an emergency where I had to run away I would take them off so I could run my fastest. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518/137 "2010-11-25T02:13:36Z")
> [@devilsknew](#): > > I always wondered if women who dance in heels really knew what they look like [dancing in heels](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQu_NLRvULM). You’ve been watching the wrong women. Like many things, it seems like wearing heels requires a degree of coordination. I’m a guy and I think they look great on women, very professional and feminine. My fiancee wears heels a lot, and she can walk, run, hop, and yes, _dance_ in them effortlessly. When we go to latin clubs, all the women on the dance floor are wearing heels, and moving around pretty well to boot. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518/138 "2010-11-25T03:22:51Z")
> [@devilsknew](#): > > I always wondered if women who dance in heels really knew what they look like [dancing in heels](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQu_NLRvULM). If they’re good dancers, [pretty hot](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9BbUqHrWFI) (and that’s not even the best dance in the movie… ah, [here it is](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkqA_jj4Flk)). If they’re bad dancers, flat shoes won’t help them. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518/139 "2010-11-25T03:45:50Z")
> [@devilsknew](#): > > I always wondered if women who dance in heels really knew what they look like [dancing in heels](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQu_NLRvULM). I want to see Elaine dancing with Chandler. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518/140 "2010-11-25T03:47:43Z")
I can’t look at them and not think they are physically retarded. They were designed to make the muscle on women’s legs stand out but good grief… why not put pebbles in your shoes if you want pain? Unfortunately they’ve become a cultural/sexual icon of femininity so they’re now a coveted fashion accessory. Wear em if you want em but don’t bitch to me if your feet hurt. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-high-heels/561518.md?page=8)