High heels. Are they a conspiracy?

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So today I have spent eight hours in toe pinching, arch stretching, high heeled shoes. At work. By the end of the day I was glaring in envy at the men in their round toed, laced up, low heeled 'ergonomically designed' soled shoes, while I minced around like someone who had their feet bound in some medieval torture chamber. AIBU in thinking we put style over fucking comfort every single day and don't think a thing about it?? What are we doing?? (or is just me, wearing the wrong style of pretty, painful shoe?)

Oh, brogues rock. As do loafers IMO.
I am v glad at the recent boy shoe trend

Very rarely, if there will be no walking and mostly sitting. You can go out at night in flats. Used to even go clubbing (ok discoing as I'm very old) in my flip flops.

Take them off, job done.
Never wear shoes you can't run in is my rule. Never miss a bus!

I haven't worn heels since I was 18 (am now 50). They hurt my feet. And am in any case so short that heels will only make me look slightly less short.

YANBU.

Bugger. Pelvis not penis ffs.

Oh, we got that, ItsallGoingToBeFine, but enjoyed your typo muchly.

AIBU to have just ordered www.clarks.co.uk/p/20355486?

I am lolling muchly at all those misaligned penises, pointing at crazy angles

I love high heels , make you look slimmer I think .

I'm in my 40s and I've NEVER worn high heels, even for work or parties. I just can't wear them. End of!

bluebayou, yes, they might, but why is that important to you?

Lol. It's er... Nice not to be fat ?

4ft11 but wouldn't wear heels either, just too uncomfortable and as for the noise...

Doesn't the constant clip-clopping get annoying?

I am fat with or without high heels

Do realise I'm very much in the minority here, but I love heels. Have worn all sorts of heel heights in shoes and boots for over 40 years and never felt uncomfortable - if shoes are hurting you, they're obviously not the right style / shape / width or actual heel height for you!

I see so many people with feet crammed into "fashion" footwear with ridiculous platforms, odd angled soles etc that are bound to be uncomfortable - so step away from what the so called trendsetters in hyped up magazines say we should be wearing and find your own style!

Heels don't have to be stiletto style instruments of torture if you just take a bit of time to find what's right and works for you, surely. A heel of some sort really does look better with suits/smart workwear than ballet pumps. And I hope nobody says I wear heels to look "sexy" for men or some such nonsense :)

It's absurd! Very few women wear high heels in my office, thankfully. Trying to explain to DD that high heels are (a) bad for her feet and ligaments and (b) fundamentally unnecessary for her given that she is 5' 11" just gets met with rebellion.

The daftest thing I had was when a colleague of mine - unusually one wearing high heels - insisted on getting a cab for a 5-minute walk because she couldn't walk that far in her heels. Bonkers, really.

There is also a feminist theory that high heels are designed to restrict the movement of women.....you know running away from attacker type thing. Which IS virtually impossible in heels.
Interrrresting.

I like being able to walk. I don't like having hurty feet. It's not complicated...

Well sorry, but if these people can't actually walk, let along break into a run, then the heels they're trying to force themselves into are VERY wrong for their feet - and why are they wearing them the majority of the time? Because they are brainwashed from reading (sorry, make that "looking at pictures") in so-called celebrity mags!

I can run after toddler, dash for the bus, go after an escaped dog wearing shoes with 2" heels, no problem. That's because the footwear actually fits me and is very comfortable.

Yup. I can run in my clarks Kendras. Wear them all day. Padded footbed. Lovely.

Yanbu. Wear flats! I never wear heels.
We are told that looking sexy is paramount when in reality women are worth much more! High heels, waxing and plastic surgery are all damaging us just so we can be objects for men to stare at.

:o at I CAN AFFORD TO RIDE EVERYWHERE YOU PEASANT

Now I guess it's I CAN GET TAXIS EVERYWHERE YOU PEASANT

Pacificdogwood and LordPalmerston - thank goodness there's someone out there that understands me (I think!) and gets that heels don't have to hurt !!! Really like both your linked shoes too :)

I hate heels and the stupid fetishisation of them. They do not make you look thinner. They do not make you look taller - they make you look like a short person trying to look taller. They make your bum stick out and they make you walk in a silly, affected way which some men probably do find sexy.

I have to wear safety boots for work. Mine are comfortable, although they took a bit of wearing in. I do not feel the need for my feet to be pretty while I work, or at any other time really. Feet are instrinsically not nice.