Girls Over Heels

Yes women going overboard in wearing heels. I often wondered why women wear heels. I have seen women wearing it and feeling very uncomfortable while walking.  For some it is a necessity, for others it is a fashion statement. But then also why do they wear it. By force, by compulsion, by choice..?? I did try one of those heels as one of my colleague, who was wearing one, asked me to try it. This might sound weird, but I did try them and immediately felt uncomfortable and the lack of balance. Forget about walking, I could barely balance myself.

According to Science, it is always better if the whole base of our foot is perfectly on the ground. This will help us to balance ourselves and to be in control so that we don’t fall. If you have observed women who wear one are most of the time looking down while walking to ensure that they don’t fall because of holes or badly layered footpaths, considering that in India potholes are a regular feature on our roads and footpaths. If by chance one of the heels gets stuck in one of those holes, then it can be very fatal and also by walking this way, they might clash with the person coming on the opposite side or getting hit by vehicles when they are walking on road. If they are going with someone, they hold on to them just to balance themselves to ensure they don’t fall. It doesn’t take much thinking to say that they literally walk on their toes when wearing heels especially the pointed heels which will lead to severe and might cause serious damage to their feet.

I did some research on the web as why women wear heels. I got varied reasons. Some want to attract men, some want to look taller and others just because they want to wear one. For example in the case attracting men, if every women start wearing one, then no one has an advantage of being little more taller than other one…:P.

About being taller, trying to increase one’s height, I feel there are better ways to do that than trying to wear heels in spite of the pain they might have to experience. In the process of trying to be taller, somewhere I feel they are losing their originality of being oneself and trying to satisfy someone; I may be wrong. In this case also there is a case of following the heard like wearing heels just because someone else does. I really appreciate those who stick to what they feel comfortable and not to follow the heard as wearing heels is sure to attract eyeballs. Considering that disadvantages far outweigh the advantages, is it really worth wearing those elegant and beautiful but painful ones..??

I asked about this to 4 of my friends who are girls. This is what they said,

“I hate wearing heels because can’t stand or walk for a long time unless you are comfortable wearing it and also no comfort for feet….u literally walk on your toes when you wear pointed heels”

“Love wearing heels…Feel sexy in them”

“Yes I like to wear them... but only occasionally…like in parties or when out for some formal dinner types...and it does make a difference in your looks...and it also depends on the type of dress you are wearing one but heels are not comfortable enough if u r in a place where u have to walk a lot... and i usually favour flats... but heels always give a classy look...”

“If the heel of the shoe is small or it you are wearing a pair of wedges... Wedges are shoes which have a heel but it’s flat at the bottom. And that's what I prefer wearing nowadays”

I would sum it up with what one of my friend said, “Heels are great as a fashion statement, but they are not practical for daily wear for health reasons.” So at the end it’s a trade off, isn’t it…?? :)

PS: Thanks to my dear friend for motivating me to finish this blog…J, this was pending for some time now because of my laziness. Would love to hear your comments especially from females as to what they think of wearing heels...:)

Keep Smiling,

Prashanth.