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> They feel powerful, I want to feel powerful. What's powerful about walking on your feet's balls and toes and abusing your body ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
by stefantalpalaru 11y ago
> They feel powerful, I want to feel powerful.
What's powerful about walking on your feet's balls and toes and abusing your body ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-heeled_footwear#Health_effects http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-heeled_footwear#Health_eff... ) ?
- sliverstorm 11y agoWell, height. I don't wear stilettos, but plenty of studies have shown height is both correlated to perceived power and actual power.
- PhasmaFelis 11y agoThis is on about the same rhetorical level as "Why do you kids like Apple Jacks when they don't taste like apples?"
- stefantalpalaru 11y agoReally? You missed the whole "self-harm is not a manifestation of power" argument?
- PhasmaFelis 11y agoNo, I got it, but it doesn't actually follow. Popular perception has no correlation to health value. Saying that something is bad for you does not disprove the idea that it is often perceived as "powerful," just like Apple Jacks can (I assume) taste good without tasting like apples. Note that I'm not saying that wearing high heels is a good idea.
- dragonwriter 11y agoAs a male, heterosexual ballroom and latin dancer -- who has never worn heels higher than men's 1.5" Latin dance shoes -- I totally get that there can be a real powerful, masculine feeling from walking strongly on the balls & toes. Health effects are a different issue, and you aren't going to learn feeling from Wikipedia, or intellectually at all. It is experiential.