The Great Male Renunciation

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and why male fashion no longer has high heels.

An interesting article from the BBC which I thought people might like

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21151350

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Riding...

Was also the reason pants became popular. Cultures where horse riding was common, saw more use of pants on both men and women.

People say, "You don't know what you had until it's gone." Very true, but also equally true is, "You don't know what you've been missing until is arrives."

Omri, I question

why women want to wear them?

    Stanman
May Your Light Forever Shine

Gee...

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...you can't swing a dead cat in any direction here without hitting a woman; ts or otherwise. Why not ask us, aye? You'd probably get as many different opinions as answers, I'd bet.

  

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Giggle

He kinda did. In a Stan kinda way.

*I* don't. My heels are about 2 inches, bringing my height to 5'6", which is a nice height to be imo. They also are JUST enough to encourage a sexy posture without being impossible to stand in for 8 hours a day.

Though there are girls at the school who do manage to stand in serious Eiffel Tower's of high heels all day... I can't even begin to imagine how they can manage it.

Abigail Drew.

Great link.

My 11 year old daughter was over the top excited by the information in the article. Her comment to me was she felt that she was getting smarter by reading the BBC article.

MWW

With those with open eyes the world reads like a book

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I'm glad she liked. I found

I'm glad she liked. I found it really interesting and it included a load of things that I'd never heard of until I'd read it not just about high heels either