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(10-02-2015 12:45 AM)Thomas the Rhymer Wrote:  

Incidentally, the topic of high heels is covered in the book I'm currently reading, 'Theory of the Leisure Class' by T Veblen. He basically states that wearing high heels advertises to the world that a woman is not available for manual labour, and is therefore higher status. A man with a woman in high heels on his arm becomes even more higher status - because it signals to the world that he is so well-off that he can keep a woman around as an ornament on his arm (as a trophy) instead of letting her do productive work. It was a fascinating insight.

Perhaps it's the same idea with the old Chinese practice of foot binding. Well to do women were effectively crippled and incapable of working or traveling. The big difference of course is that bound feet are slightly less attractive than heels.



But anyone who has experienced the hordes of young, thin, pretty Taiwanese girls walking around downtown Taipei in high heels knows that they've more than made up for their past errors.