Nevertheless, a shoe industry representative criticized the program as unfair. Those shoes aren't any more healthy than anybody else's. Jacobson said the shoe industry has worked hard during the past decade to create new shoe designs and comfort features. We have studied all the problems of shoemaking much more than they have. He said women are smart enough to choose comfortable footwear.
Every intelligent woman knows that.
Bowman and other foot specialists contended that many women still feel compelled to wear high heels because they think it's expected at certain jobs or social events, or because they're fashion-conscious. Coughlin, the Idaho foot surgeon, said many women also want their feet to appear smaller and their legs longer. I think there are a lot of sexual overtones in this that, truly, I don't understand. During the 20th century, however, they've been worn almost exclusively by women. This year, the society questioned 499 women between the ages of 20 and 50 about what shoes they wore to work.