Ask A Dude: Do Heels Really Make A Difference?

**domesticated om** · 06-04-12, 04:33 AM

Originally Posted by Neverfly

The purpose of the High Heel shoe is; it forces a woman to stand in a way that makes her butt stick out.
Which may be why you failed to notice the shoes.

Women will notice the shoes, however, and that is why they get designed in ways a man wouldn't pay any attention too.

Well - to be honest, I don't tend to fixate on the butt. I'm more of a face and boob-man.
By the time I've made it to lower parts of the anatomy, it's passed through the series of health related flags (IE - is she fat) with larger butt size being scalar to the "sedentary lifestyle warning flag".
This is not to say there aren't a lot of ass-men out there, but I'm submitting this as a single piece of data to the contrary.

Also a bit curious if shoe design is really strategized that way.

**R1D2** · 06-04-12, 05:00 AM

Originally Posted by R1D2

Trying to post a pic
http://pbr1263.photobucket.com/album...2stNC5qcGc.jpg
I'm about to kick the photo bucket. I do not know it yet. Any way these look styling an profiling. An they are Nikes.

Klown I already posted those Nike's in pink...

**R1D2** · 06-04-12, 05:06 AM

Originally Posted by KilljoyKlown

Nike running heels.

I do like them in yellow though.

**R1D2** · 06-04-12, 05:23 AM

Originally Posted by conniety

Don't know why I like skirts better than shorts, my wife won't wear them much. But maybe it has something to do with easier access...

I wonder why this sounds familiar.
Oh ya I wrote something like this on page 2 post 26 I think...

**scheherazade** · 06-04-12, 08:22 AM

Originally Posted by Neverfly

The purpose of the High Heel shoe is; it forces a woman to stand in a way that makes her butt stick out.
Which may be why you failed to notice the shoes.

Women will notice the shoes, however, and that is why they get designed in ways a man wouldn't pay any attention too.

Okay gentlemen. Biology class 101.

I want all of you to go and find a full length mirror and stand in front of it. Now put your hands in your hip pockets so that you can feel the muscles of your buttocks as you perform the following exercise:

Raise yourself up on your toes until your heels are at least four inches off the floor. Pay attention to the tautness of your buttock and outer thigh muscle.

Now walk a few steps while maintaining this posture and observe how your core or body center moves.

Pay particular attention to your groin region.

They are called CFM shoes for a reason.

Most women who wear such shoes are expressing to the world that they feel sexy, and for many, it is also a signal that they are at least looking upon the male of the species in a speculative manner.

**KilljoyKlown** · 06-04-12, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by scheherazade

Most women who wear such shoes are expressing to the world that they feel sexy, and for many, it is also a signal that they are at least looking upon the male of the species in a speculative manner.

Sounds like they want to be looked at in a speculative manner. It's sometimes a wonder they don't get more unwanted attention than they do.

**aaqucnaona** · 06-11-12, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by Xotica

I wear these occassionally on the dance floor. Black 5" cutout heels w/ankle strap.

But you are 6 feet tall!

**aaqucnaona** · 06-11-12, 01:56 PM

Originally Posted by KilljoyKlown

The beauties below were built to keep you on your toes.

Damn, that is more painful than BME pain olympics [dont search and watch the video if weak hearted].

**iceaura** · 06-11-12, 03:06 PM

I prefer, as sexier and more attractive, the way athletic women move when walking barefoot.

Heels tend to make women look awkward and tense, a bit "jerky" and ungraceful, even before their feet start to hurt. That puts me off, a bit.

Apparently I'm in a minority, though. And the frustration has been, or was - through my youth and searching years - that women who draw my eye the most are often intentionally trying to deflect it - dressing down - and vice versa.

**KilljoyKlown** · 06-11-12, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by aaqucnaona

Damn, that is more painful than BME pain Olympics [don't search and watch the video if weak hearted].

Considering your avatar please avoid my topic about penguins behaving badly.

**aaqucnaona** · 06-12-12, 01:35 AM

Originally Posted by KilljoyKlown

Considering your avatar please avoid my topic about penguins behaving badly.

I saw it already, though I skimmed over the article.

**KilljoyKlown** · 06-12-12, 05:28 AM

Originally Posted by aaqucnaona

I saw it already, though I skimmed over the article.

I'm probably like a lot of people, I've only seen those nature movies that show penguins struggling to be loyal mates that go through hell to raise there young in the worst weather I can possibly imagine, and now I'll never be able to think of penguins the same way again. Oh well!

**aaqucnaona** · 06-12-12, 08:58 AM

Originally Posted by KilljoyKlown

I'm probably like a lot of people, I've only seen those nature movies that show penguins struggling to be loyal mates that go through hell to raise there young in the worst weather I can possibly imagine, and now I'll never be able to think of penguins the same way again. Oh well!

Emperors are actually worthy of their names; the Adeles however are cute, frisky little bastards!

**scheherazade** · 06-12-12, 07:52 PM

Dude, however did we arrive at penguins from high heels?

**KilljoyKlown** · 06-12-12, 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by scheherazade

Dude, however did we arrive at penguins from high heels?

It's where I first noticed her avatar, but I was to late with my warning. But on closer look her penguin avatar is an emperor penguin which does have a higher morel standard.

**scheherazade** · 06-12-12, 09:26 PM

Originally Posted by KilljoyKlown

It's where I first noticed her avatar, but I was to late with my warning. But on closer look her penguin avatar is an emperor penguin which does have a higher morel standard.

Now we are adding mushrooms (morel) to the mix, lol....

Yes, I accept that I am truly mischievous.

Are you referring to aaq as a she?

**scheherazade** · 06-12-12, 09:38 PM

Penguins are birds and as I recall, there is a phrase about 'the birds and the bees' (and the flowers and the trees) which is quite implicit in it's interpretation.

Extremely high heels are an unusual contrivance, in my opinion, and I do wonder how they evolved from marginally functional to painfully dangerous.

**KilljoyKlown** · 06-12-12, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by scheherazade

Now we are adding mushrooms (morel) to the mix, lol....

Yes, I accept that I am truly mischievous.

Are you referring to aaq as a she?

Don't tell me I'm confused again?

**Fraggle Rocker** · 06-13-12, 12:32 AM

Originally Posted by scheherazade

They are called CFM shoes for a reason.

Here they're called CFMPs, come-fuck-me-pumps. The original version, AFAIK, was just "fuck-me-pumps," which I first heard in David Bowie's "We Are The Dead" in 1974. This three-word original has been repopularized in the past few years in Janet Evanovich's "Stephanie Plum" books.

Back to the original question, Mrs. Fraggle says that high heels became fashionable in the era when women were allowed to show their shape (without showing bare skin). They change the curve of the ankle to one that is considered more attractive.

This argues against the hypothesis that their purpose is to make women look taller. They would have worked just as well for that in the days of veils, gloves and floor-length dresses.

Having reached adulthood in the decade when women were burning their bras and wearing bib overalls, I wasn't sensitized to the look of high heels. But I do like taller women.