If women prefer/date tall/er men, then why aren't guys the ones wearing heels?

[HouseMoat]

We're told that girls prefer the guy to not only be older than her, but also, tall/er, than her. So, especially for us shorter ones, why aren't guys the ones that wear heels, why is it women?

[Rorroto]

I think it would make sense to have a culture that focused more on male fashion, and it would make as much sense for that to be an aspect of it as it makes for it to be normal for women to wear shirts that show cleavage.

I figure that's just not available right now though. Instead, some men spend a lot of money on their hair or clothes, as opposed to someone just inventing some height-enhancing type of shoe that could be bought for an extra twenty bucks.

Maybe that's why it hasn't happened yet? Low cleavage dresses can be expensive, and women need more than one of them. Guys would just need one or two pairs of height-enhancing shoes.

I figure most of fashion culture was designed by clothing salespeople, just like how they also built most holidays.

[bolverk]

Men gave up wearing heels when the vast majority of us no longer rode horses as the heel were there yo give a solid perches in stirrups, (if you look at Cowboy/Western boots they still have a pronounced heel);
This web page gives a rough history of men and heel and no matter what Elizabeth Semmelhack says I doubt that you'll see men in 4" heels any time soon as they are a liability which is why we got shot of them in the first place.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21151350

[Thestupidusername]

It used to be common for men to wear heels. Go for it if you want. But if a woman doesn't wanna be with you becsuse of your height then you dodged a bullet in my personal opinion👀🙃

[mandyfire98]

There's a guy running for president of the United States who wears heels.

[HouseMoat]

Who?

[mandyfire98]

Ron Desantis

Check out those weird boots. There are lifts in there. You can tell.

https://ibb.co/X4PdG4q

[loveslongnails]

That's probably not all he's wearing. LOL

[Sirenboobzilla]

Ha! I forgot about that!

[Nikki1989]

Bring back platforms.

[HouseMoat]

While I don't wear platforms, I basically wear hiking boots every day, because they give me about an inch

[Rei13]

Heels were technically originally invented for men but I think it’s pretty self explanatory why a lot of men would not wear them now.

[HouseMoat]

Not really, can you explain

[strateguy632]

because the lady will say "that is not real height" or worse call it faking like trump orange face and blond hair.

[aceleon]

heels were actually invented for mans.

but it is like make up i guess insecurity with body looks feminine.

[PBandJ_Nerd]

The first people to wear heels a long time ago were men.

[LiamJHayden]

Girls are individuals and have individual preferences. I have been rejected more than a few times for being "too tall" and I'm only 6'2.

[DarkWinterNights]

Interesting question. Ironically men who wear height boosters are actually ridiculed quite bad.

[syncheart]

I kinda think heels are stupid for both sexes.

[HouseMoat]

Why?

[syncheart]

They change the angle that our feet naturally walk. Medical sites say that it is bad for our feet, and maybe even knees.

[HouseMoat]

They say certain womens feet, aren't meant for heels. They likely are the ones complaining about it

[TheSpaceGnome]

All human feet become damaged overtime when walking in that posture, our leg shape doesn't support walking on our toes, and hard shoes of any kind are very bad for feet, as is having pinpoint pressure underneath any part of the foot. Ideally you want shoes that stretch and bend, and are flat on the ground, otherwise it fucks up your foot pads and your joints.

[HouseMoat]

@TheSpaceGnome I have a friend who has a daughter, who won't wear heels, but, her feet naturally go up like that

[Becky316]

I wear heels because hubby is 6 inches taller than me

[HouseMoat]

Right, but, so, what about us shorter men. Why can't men wear heels, if women prefer their man to be tall/er than them?

[Becky316]

You can wear them

[HouseMoat]

Yeah, I know but, when we do, we're judged for it, while women aren't

[Becky316]

Not by me

[HouseMoat]

Yeah, you're just one girl

[TheSpaceGnome]

Most women do not care at all about height.

[HouseMoat]

Right, they shouldn't, but that's not the point. I'm asking, why can't we, if they, in fact, of course, do. I see it all the time, girls preferring him to be taller than her. One girl on this question alone, says her husband is 6" taller than her, so, she wouldn't need him to, but, she wears them

[TheSpaceGnome]

In my opinion, no one should be wearing high heals. They look stupid and are bad for feet.

[HouseMoat]

Nah!

[loveslongnails]

For one thing, I can't walk in them! LOL Don't understand how women do either.

[HouseMoat]

Practice

[loveslongnails]

Why would I want to practice wearing uncomfortable shoes?

[HouseMoat]

Girls do it

[loveslongnails]

Have you ever asked girls WHY they do it? Most of them say things like "you get used to it", or "they're not uncomfortable to me and I like them" or "They accent the beauty of my legs and I like the extra height". But mind you, that's only said in societies where women already wear heels and it's considered fashionable.

[HouseMoat]

It's always considered fashionable. The only reasons other societies might now allow it, is because the men there, control their women. And it's about to get here too, in america

[loveslongnails]

Sorry dude, but you don't have the receipts to back up "it's ALWAYS considered fashionable". If you run in certain circles in specific instances, then yes, it's still fashionable. However, not only have high heel sales been declining since before the pandemic; www.instyle.com/.../high-heels-sales-dropped-71-late-last-year-will-we-ever-go-back footwear, studies by footwearmagazine. com and Psychology Today recently estimated that only 20-23% of women worldwide wear high heels.

[HouseMoat]

Heels will never go out of fashion

[DextroShade]

It's too obvious, just look at how they roasted Ron DeSantis for doing that recently.

[NathanDavis]

men did wear them... to ride horses

[HouseMoat]

DID, though, why not anymore

[NathanDavis]

well, go ahead... get a horse and a pair of heels

nobody should stop you from it

[HouseMoat]

I mean, I'm not a horse rider though

[NathanDavis]

every horse rider became one... though

[HouseMoat]

What?

[sheikalana]

I love this question! Great point.

[Twalli]

Because heels don't actually make you taller

[HouseMoat]

Well, they give the appearance of it

[Twalli]

And as soon as they come off it's obvious

[HouseMoat]

Yeah, so, why can't we anyway, regardless?

[Anonymous]

They’re called lifts

[Pohjolan]

1. Gay.

2. False signal.

[PetiteMisSmooth546]

Just no