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Common physics example, but it disregards how women actually walk and stand in heels. They walk on their forefoot, rather than balancing their weight on the he
by kbutler 7y ago
Common physics example, but it disregards how women actually walk and stand in heels. They walk on their forefoot, rather than balancing their weight on the heel.
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-higher-the-heel-the-higher-the-in-ten-healthy-Speksnijder-Munckhof/9547d261aea7401caad230ecca180363ff13f0b4/figure/1 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-higher-the-heel-th...
Shows less than 30 N/cm^2 (40 PSI) for women in heels - and higher heels result in lower heel pressure. Forefoot pressure is higher, despite the larger surface area.
- reitzensteinm 7y agoYeah, and a heel surface area of 32.3 +/- 4.4 cm^2. There are shoes with heel surface area of sub 1cm^2. I don't think the study invalidates parents claim, if anything it more it less supports it.
- mbrumlow 7y agoEven so. It would be a flaw to not consider that at some point in time a women may put full force on the heel. Thus the example is valid. Also I have seen high hees being abused by walking mostly on the heel.