High heels seem so wrapped up in gender but they are just shoes until history happens. Come and unpack it with me and learn how it became to be this way. 

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References:

 

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/heels-history-men

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-heeled_shoe

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-13/why-do-we-wear-high-heeled-shoes/9135936

https://qz.com/quartzy/1317090/its-enlightenment-philosophys-fault-that-women-wear-high-heels-instead-of-men/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/can-fashion-ever-be-sustainable/p07n7630?playlist=fashion

https://www.today.com/style/surprisingly-functional-reason-high-heels-were-invented-t100969

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2019/mar/20/sex-power-oppression-why-women-wear-high-heels

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190509-is-it-the-end-for-high-heels