Article by Prewit P

Stiletto Heels- the fashion crime!

Last night as I was going through the news paper, an interesting article caught my attention; “stiletto debate- empowering or enslaving”? For decades women are struggling to decide whether stiletto heels are the ultimate in glamorous female – domination or ultimate concession to male fantasy !

Recent times, debate has grown so louder that society of chiropodists and podiatrists even proposed a ban on stiletto heels in the work place! Guess what, only a bunch of men came up to support that .

Why women are so obsessive about stiletto heels?

When I asked this question to my cousin Nitya, she says its feminist issue – to look attractive. A woman journalist confessed that her five inch killer heels transforms five feet four  average height working mother of two into five foot ten business journalist, who feels she can take on  the world. My cousin says high heel make her feel sexy because high heels puts foot in plantar flexed position (foot pointed downward) and so body automatically adjusts the posture to maintain the balance by budging the lower portion of the body outward and upper portion of the body lean backward tossing the chest outward  and it also elongates the visual appearance of legs. Mmmm, I must confess that stiletto heels are the “ultimate male fantasy”! Ooops, did I over express???

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