Tanenbaum can occasionally come across as judgmental, not just toward certain types of shoes, but toward their wearers as well, with statements like “You can’t help but wonder if American women shut down their brains while shopping for boot shoes for women,” and, when explaining that low heels are one inch or lower and mid height is one to two inches, but “A heel that is four inches or higher is demented.” In conversation, though, the feminist writer tempers her thoughts a bit. “I’m not against anybody doing anything ever. I’m not the shoe police,” she explains. “I just want women to be smart and judicious about it. If you’ve got a pair of demented four-inch heels, only wear them sparingly. If you have a special event and those shoes are so hot, wear them, but don’t walk in them, try not to dance in them and have a backup pair of shoes.” She profiles a woman whose shoes hurt her so much she wound up walking on New York City sidewalks in bare feet…but refused to give up her precious shoes. “When I point out to women all the harm they’re doing to their bodies and suggest wearing flats that are a little more sensible and save bad shoes for special occasions, those women look at me as if I’m crazy; they’re almost unable to think about it rationally. I’m not trying to put down women; all of us have been subjected to it at some point.” Articles from:http://www.ushoes2014.com/wedge-green-wedge-c-39_57.html
I just want women to be smart
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