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From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Re: heels
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Date: Wed, 1-May-85 20:02:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed May  1 20:02:00 1985
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> >	The grandmother of one of my housemates was unable to
> >put her heels (i.e. the backs of her feet :-) ) on the floor
> >because her calf muscles were so shortened from wearing high-
> >heeled shoes all her life.
> 
> Also, I've heard that back when most running shoes were pretty
> flat, Achilles tendon and calf injuries were unusual. When
> running shoes with higher heels and lots of cushioning started
> coming out, this kind of injury became common.
> 
> Isaac Dimitrovsky

From "The Mechanical Bride," by H. M. McLuhan:

	"To the mind of the modern girl, legs, like busts, are power
points which she has been taught to tailor, but as parts of the
success kit rather than erotically or sensuously.  She swings her legs
from the hip with masculine drive and confidence.  She knows that "a
long-legged gal can go places." As such, her legs are not intimately
associated with her taste or with her unique self but are merely
display objects like the grill work on a car.  They are date-baited
power levers for the management of the male audience."

	No wonder high heels became popular!
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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