You can find more info and sources on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_discrimination#Height_and_social_discrimination http://en.wikipedia.org/wik

You can find more info and sources on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_discrimination#Height_and_social_discrimination http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_discrimination#Height_an... If these shoes will make you look taller without making it obvious that you're wearing height-increasing shoes, and I believe they are, then these will help you out. I don't understand where you're coming from when you say that they wouldn't work. I agree that they're not stylish by any means, but that's another thing entirely. Shoes like these aren't new either, they've been around for as long as I can remember. I'll posit that you probably have met someone who wore these, and you never noticed it.