In today’s society it is common for women to wear high heels for a number of reasons to include fashion, leg shaping, creating the illusion of longer legs and looking sexy.
Over the years women have noticed the negative effects that translate into problems with posture. Nonetheless, high heel shoes are still very much in fashion and worn regularly by women.
Peter Lavelle’s intention is for women to rethink their choice in shoes, and to put health before that of fashion. He uses an American study looking at the effects of comfortable shoes on both men and women. Throughout the article the author sites a research published by the Journal Arthritis Care and Research. In this the author gives a summary of the most pertinent methods for obtaining research that were applied.
The author uses the imagery of heels as being an offender to women’s feet. Nonetheless, these offenders are far more attractive to women than good shoes. Most people associate non-flexible sole and support shoe as an unattractive chunky shoe. Not exactly the shoes that young women want anyone to catch them in.
To make women reconsider this view, the author goes into health problems that occur due to wearing high heels. Not only do high heels affect the shape and structure of the foot, they impact posture significantly as well. Mr. Brendon Brown (President of the Australian Podiatry Association) supports this claim. He gives readers this tip to keep in mind for their next shoe-shopping trip.
In this article not only are women reminded of the impact of high heels on their health, it also opens the door for women to make comments and discuss their experiences. Hopefully this article will place awareness in the readers mind for their next shopping engagement. However, I personally do not believe that this article will have much of an impact; as long as high heels are in fashion and women wearing them are perceived as sophisticated, sexy and classy.
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ReplyDeleteIt's a good article to keep women in minds about high heels. High heels would affect the health of women. For shopping next time, I would consider more of these issue.
ReplyDeleteI find it very difficult to understand the appeal behind torturing the feet just to look taller and more 'elegant'. You can have just as straight a posture wearing normal shoes!
ReplyDeleteAlthough you say this article might not change the long-ingrained perception of high heels in women's fashion (and I agree with that), I hope this article will at least make a few reconsider this practice the next time they put on their stilettos.
good analysis on the article. is there a link to the article?
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