Talk:Stiletto heel

message: I think whomever wrote this has a foot fetish.  It should be cleaned up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.196.136.216 (talk • contribs) 
:I agree with the comment above - the article should clearly mention the fetish, but the article should mainly be about the non-sexual aspects - its history, fashion, etc, etc. Most of the fetish stuff that is here, if it can be verified, belongs in the foot fetishism and/or shoe fetishism articles. Thryduulf 01:05, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have reverted your removal of the fetish section. While they are primarily just a fashion norm, there is a fetish associated with them and the article should deal with both. Thryduulf 21:38, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Views on article

message: But there really isn't enough info to warrant that on the page. More like, it needs to be expanded, and references should be added as new info is brought in.Lotusduck 23:42, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There are a great many problems with the longer version of the article that some anonymous editor keeps putting here, the units being only a very small part of it. It is by no means encyclopaedically written (exclamation marks everywhere!) and contains a great deal of unverifiable POV ("perhaps a vaginal symbol"?). The solution, as I see it, is to revert to the short version whenever the bad text reappears. That's not to say that the article couldn't (and shouldn't) be expanded, just that that's not the way. --Hogtied 07:52, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  I would add a reference tag 

message: What's up with the parenthetical aside that spike heel is the American English term?  I'm American, and I've never even heard the term spike heel before; they've always been stiletto heels any time I've heard anyone talk about them. RyokoMocha (talk) 19:59, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  Was just coming onto the talk page to see if anyone else had mentioned this.  It seems obvious from Google that the term "spike heel" is in use, but whether it's only an American thing I'm not sure, and we definitely use the term "stiletto" in the U.S. --Galaxiaad (talk) 07:09, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Then why didn't you guys change it?  Sheesh. 66.68.100.242 (talk) 03:18, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: "Spike heel"

message: Did Salvatore Ferragamo invent (or popularize) the stilleto heel? I know nothing of this subject, but maybe someone can shed light on it. --Rajah (talk) 00:59, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Ferragamo

message: This example is oft-repeated, but are any of those sources reliable? The problem is that no woman is ever going to put all her weight on her heel (and in fact stilettos make that rather difficult to do). Adpete (talk) 03:39, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  stiletto heel versus elephant 

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message: Repetitive.
Full of subjective assertions ("When paired with a pantyhose, tights or stockings, it improves style and makes the wearer look more fashionable," "They also express your style and make you feel good") and unsupported statements ("In addition it boosts women's self-confidence and that in turn makes them more likely to be promoted at work," "It also helps the wearer tone and if worn frequently, it often helps to shed some fat").
And this last puzzles me: Every few sentences there's a number inside brackets that references nothing currently on the page. ("These all prove that there are many benefits to wearing high heels.[27]")
I don't want to work on the article myself since, being in favor of healthy footwear, I might not manage to sound unbiased. Alianoraree (talk) 09:49, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Benefits" section needs serious work 

message: What's up with the history section? Did ALL women "stubbornly refuse" to give up stiletto heels? Christ.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.18.226.231 (talk) 23:31, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weirdly sexist "History" section