Happy "Women's History Month"

How shall we celebrate ?

c/thru wrote:

How shall we celebrate ?

do something historical

2010 "Burn your Heels" Day of Patriarchial Freedom
May 30, 2010

The high heel has been a central battleground of sexual politics ever since
the emergence of the women’s liberation movement of the 1970s.

Many second-wave feminists rejected what they regarded as constricting standards
of female beauty, created for the subordination and objectifying of women and
self-perpetuated by reproductive competition and women's own aesthetics.

Some feminists argue that the high heels were designed to make woman helpless
and vulnerable, perpetuating the gender role of males as protectors of the slowly
staggering women.

High heels have also been blamed for reducing the woman into a sex object, by
sacrificing practical comfort in favor of an alleged increase in sex appeal.


Chinese concubines and Turkish odalisques wore high shoes, prompting scholars
to speculate if heels were used not only for aesthetic reasons but also to prevent
women from escaping the harem.

In ancient Rome, sex trade was not illegal and female prostitutes were readily
identified by their high heels.


Men and Heels:

Although high heels originated in France as male footwear around 1500,
since the late 1700s, men's shoes have had primarily low heels.

High-heeled shoes quickly caught on with the fashion-conscious men and women
of the French court, and spread to pockets of nobility in other countries.
The term "well-heeled" became synonymous with opulent wealth.




Doctors and scholars alike have argued about the negative physical and cultural effect
that heels have had not only on women, but on society as a whole.

b-b-but i like heels. not as much as flip-flops, but still.....

jamesjchrist wrote:

b-b-but i like heels. not as much as flip-flops, but still.....

Some feminists argue that the high heels were designed to make woman helpless
and vulnerable, perpetuating the gender role of males as protectors of the slowly
staggering women."

"Helpless" my ass! Ginger Rogers, Cyd Charisse and Rita Hayworth danced as well as Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in their high heels - even better because of the high heels! A 3" heel is high enough for me, I can't even stand up in the really high ones anymore.

Barefoot and bikini, that's all they really need.

Giada wrote:

Some feminists argue that the high heels were designed to make woman helpless
and vulnerable, perpetuating the gender role of males as protectors of the slowly
staggering women."

"Helpless" my ass! Ginger Rogers, Cyd Charisse and Rita Hayworth danced as well as Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in their high heels - even better because of the high heels! A 3" heel is high enough for me, I can't even stand up in the really high ones anymore.

good point. they were able to do what i couldn't even do in flats

Quote :

Men and Heels:

Although high heels originated in France as male footwear around 1500,
since the late 1700s, men's shoes have had primarily low heels.

I wonder why you men gave up on the higher heels, I think all of you should give it another go...
I mean, it was your idea

c/thru wrote:

Quote :

Men and Heels:

Although high heels originated in France as male footwear around 1500,
since the late 1700s, men's shoes have had primarily low heels.

I wonder why you men gave up on the higher heels, I think all of you should give it another go...
I mean, it was your idea

boots still have heels

CCc/thru wrote:

Quote :

Men and Heels:

Although high heels originated in France as male footwear around 1500,
since the late 1700s, men's shoes have had primarily low heels.

I wonder why you men gave up on the higher heels, I think all of you should give it another go...
I mean, it was your idea

I do not recall having personally voted on this question... I would voat no

CCc/thru wrote:

Quote :

Men and Heels:

Although high heels originated in France as male footwear around 1500,
since the late 1700s, men's shoes have had primarily low heels.

I wonder why you men gave up on the higher heels, I think all of you should give it another go...
I mean, it was your idea

nowadays, so many are just heels.

JJjava wrote:

CCc/thru wrote:

Quote :

Men and Heels:

Although high heels originated in France as male footwear around 1500,
since the late 1700s, men's shoes have had primarily low heels.

I wonder why you men gave up on the higher heels, I think all of you should give it another go...
I mean, it was your idea

I do not recall having personally voted on this question... I would voat no

i guess women are admitting they are just followers and have no minds of their own

jjjamesjchrist wrote:

CCc/thru wrote:

I wonder why you men gave up on the higher heels, I think all of you should give it another go...
I mean, it was your idea

nowadays, so many are just heels.

of course, none of our boys here...they are wonderfully in touch with their feminine side


I mean, there's barely even any porn here, and still they log in and chat a bit

KK wrote:

i guess women are admitting they are just followers and have no minds of their own

I do notice a lot of girls will mindfully abuse the male appetite to get boys to follow an agenda,
I don't think it's right...but hey, it's easy

CCc/thru wrote:

KK wrote:

i guess women are admitting they are just followers and have no minds of their own

I do notice a lot of girls will mindfully abuse the male appetite to get boys to follow an agenda,
I don't think it's right...but hey, it's easy

girls like to tease, no doubt about that

KK wrote:

CCc/thru wrote:

KK wrote:

i guess women are admitting they are just followers and have no minds of their own

I do notice a lot of girls will mindfully abuse the male appetite to get boys to follow an agenda,
I don't think it's right...but hey, it's easy

girls like to tease, no doubt about that

i should try it sometime i guess

jjjamesjchrist wrote:

KK wrote:

CCc/thru wrote:

KK wrote:

i guess women are admitting they are just followers and have no minds of their own

I do notice a lot of girls will mindfully abuse the male appetite to get boys to follow an agenda,
I don't think it's right...but hey, it's easy

girls like to tease, no doubt about that

i should try it sometime i guess

you just might have what it takes

jjjamesjchrist wrote:

KK wrote:

CCc/thru wrote:

KK wrote:

i guess women are admitting they are just followers and have no minds of their own

I do notice a lot of girls will mindfully abuse the male appetite to get boys to follow an agenda,
I don't think it's right...but hey, it's easy

girls like to tease, no doubt about that

i should try it sometime i guess

The trail of broken hearts would be endless. Perhaps it already is.

JJjava wrote:

jjjamesjchrist wrote:

KK wrote:

CCc/thru wrote:

KK wrote:

i guess women are admitting they are just followers and have no minds of their own

I do notice a lot of girls will mindfully abuse the male appetite to get boys to follow an agenda,
I don't think it's right...but hey, it's easy

girls like to tease, no doubt about that

i should try it sometime i guess

The trail of broken hearts would be endless. Perhaps it already is.

I'm guessing about 240,000 to be exact

KK wrote:

JJjava wrote:

jjjamesjchrist wrote:

KK wrote:

CCc/thru wrote:

KK wrote:

i guess women are admitting they are just followers and have no minds of their own

I do notice a lot of girls will mindfully abuse the male appetite to get boys to follow an agenda,
I don't think it's right...but hey, it's easy

girls like to tease, no doubt about that

i should try it sometime i guess

The trail of broken hearts would be endless. Perhaps it already is.

I'm guessing about 240,000 to be exact

i call them good sports

i call them good sports [/quote] i call them wondering what the hell happened right about now