The first high-heeled footwear was riding boots (cowboy boots to this day have an elevated heel) They were for keeping your feet in the stirrups and they made you look like a badass warrior In general, the way gender works, it makes more sense for men to try to look tallerhttps://twitter.com/travismcelroy/status/1328350242773856256 …
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Heels becoming a girly thing in our society is a complicated story and one that's pretty much the result of "dressing up" in general becoming a girly thing, and people deciding the new definition of manliness was deliberately looking ordinary
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Cf. men dropping makeup, wigs, hairstyling, stockings, etc, all of which were once required for men of wealth and taste Cf. that viral Beau Brummels thread
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