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From: toml@oliveb.UUCP (Tom Long)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: High Heels
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Date: Tue, 30-Apr-85 13:07:28 EDT
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	I believe that most women wear high heels in order to make their
legs look longer in relation to the rest of their body.  I don't think it
has anything to do with binding of feet, or making women look helpless,
or emphasizing calf muscles.
	If you look at fashion drawings, you will see that the artist draws
the legs much longer than than real legs.  Photographs are never quite as
glamorous, but fashion models are selected from among the women with the
longest legs.
	I would expect that women with relatively long legs don't see any
advantage to wearing heels, while those with short legs will feel much more
attractive in heels.
						    Tom Long