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[00:04.39]They are wearing high heels this year.
[00:08.57]Are you?
[00:11.20]Since I was a little girl,
[00:15.05]I've been trying to figure out exactly who "they" are
[00:20.30]and why the rest of us are supposed to dress just like them
[00:26.28]The heavier I was,
[00:30.46]the more I would make fun of my sister and mother for their imitating
[00:36.83]"Don't you have any taste of your own?"
[00:40.79]But even I was interested in what shoes they were wearing
[00:46.76]Everyone likes shoe-shopping.
[00:50.83]Your size isn't your fault.
[00:54.61]There's nothing you can do about it. And at least in theory,
[01:01.27]anyone can wear any shoe:
[01:05.34]That's why they come in so many sizes.
[01:09.98]As foot specialists will tell you,
[01:15.13]shoes can be dangerous to your feet.
[01:19.38]The thinner and higher the heel,
[01:23.56]the greater the risk of foot and back problems.
[01:29.10]Standing in high heels inevitably hurts after an hour on foot.
[01:35.87]This results in aches and pains.
[01:40.73]It gets worse.
[01:43.97]The popularity of tennis shoes has led women's feet literally to get bigger
[01:51.64]especially wider — but the sizing of shoes hasn't changed.
[01:59.20]Most women wear shoes that fit poorly,
[02:04.67]usually ones that are too small,
[02:08.92]which adds pain to high-heel hell
[02:13.85]So why do we do it?
[02:17.30]The traditional criticism is that women are slaves to male ideas
[02:24.54]Fashion culture controlled by models leads us to offer our toes
[02:31.88]and our check books to satisfy some men's idea of sexy shoes
[02:40.13]Much of the advertising of this year's return to heels as high as 6 inches
[02:47.47]focuses on the shoes and the short skirts that go with them
[02:53.92]as a statement by women of their sexiness and female charm.
[03:01.26]Apparently, wearing high heels pushes your breasts out
[03:08.64]by changing your center of gravity
[03:13.18]In Florence and Milan, men were reportedly salivating
[03:20.34]In Bloomingdale's shoe department,
[03:24.88]all the salivating was done by women, myself included
[03:31.25]Strictly as research, of course,
[03:35.89]I tried on shoes and observed other women doing the same.
[03:41.83]Almost everyone is trying on the new higher heels.
[03:48.38]We strut around. We throw our heads a little, and laugh
[03:55.22]Feet look smaller in high heels. Most women in America have big feet
[04:04.55]Believe it or not, 91/2 is the most popular size
[04:11.10]It isn't just you. And it isn't just feet.
[04:17.08]High heels make a woman's leg look longer,
[04:22.15]and everyone looks better with longer legs.
[04:26.80]There is a story that holds that high heels were first brought to America
[04:34.25]by a famous New Orleans madam
[04:38.71]who discovered that she could charge twice as much
[04:43.86]when a woman wore high heels.
[04:48.22]In fact, none of the women I talked to
[04:53.18]were buying shoes to please the men in their lives.
[04:58.12]"My husband won't even notice the shoes," a woman told me
[05:03.77]More than one said husbands or boy-friends wouldn't like her
[05:09.92]because they'd make her too tall.
[05:15.29]Most men seem to prefer keeping the height advantage to heels
[05:22.24]pushed-out breasts notwithstanding
[05:26.48]The higher the heels get, the more men who face the tradeoff
[05:33.54]No one pretends high heels are as comfortable as flats.
[05:40.38]It's what they do to your head, not your feet
[05:45.42]That's what makes women walk differently and look differently in high heels
[05:52.66]I almost succumbed, but they are too costly,
[05:58.42]and how often can I wear them? Not sensible.
[06:04.28]Not practical. Definitely not right for work and kids.
[06:10.94]But the next day in Leohmann's, on sale yet,
[06:16.70]I find a pair that are just as good.
[06:21.06]Now I just have to get invited somewhere in my high heels