There is a high cost associated with going with high heels. And here we are not talking money.
We mention in interchangeably: Osteoarthritis, undescended forefoot, crooked big toe and bunion, the greater the risk for faldskader, sprains and then just daily discomfort and pain.
Still, choosing some women, the sky-high stilettos. And they do, among other things because, the high heels in our culture is an expression of female sexuality and strength.
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Thus, high-heeled shoes in evolutionspsykologisk optics a sexsignal with costs. The woman emerges as desirable for men, but it cost her potentially førligheden.
Studies have found that women walk in high heels appear more feminine and therefore ‘sexy, as the steps become shorter, while the hips rotate.
The thoughts are the starting point for a new scientific study, which looks specifically at the relationship between a woman’s appearance, sex and pardannelseslyster, age and propensity to intraseksuel competition (competing with other women for men’s attention) and choice of heels.
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More than 700 women took part in four delstudier.
In the first two having the women indicate how attractive they look out for yourself, and at the same time tell, what kind of shoes they prefer out from a number of photos.
the Women had to choose between shoes, as the other men and women had rated as sexy, practical, expensive, comfortable, etc. The researchers had made sure that there was shoes with and without high heels.
Here came the scottish researchers find that the women who considered themselves attractive, also were more likely to choose the shoes with the high heels.
at the same time, the analyses also the desire to buy attractive high-heeled rose in line with selvangivet desire for sex with a partner.
The last two delstudier was quite different, as the aim was to examine whether the context matters for women’s choice of heels.
Here, participants were read stories with different themes, a romantic date, competition with a colleague on the job, to not be able to find his wallet), which they had to imagine themselves in the protagonist’s shoes emotionally.
Then had the women imagine that they went on skoindkøb, where they chose between shoes without heel to extremely high heels, 16 inches.
In one of the two studies indicated the participants and their hælpræferencer before historielæsningen. However, showed the analyses, no clear relationships between the context, in which the women had been put in by historielæsningen, and choice of heels.
Sex & relationship – 21. sep. 2010 – at. 18:37 of Stilettos gi’s sore toes, but not sex.
the Researchers conclude that attractive women choose high heels as a way to enhance their female attraction of such. Moreover choosing the attractive women in higher degree also shoes with heels than shoes without a heel. Heels are a way to amplify the already sexy exterior rather than a compensation for the lack of attractiveness.
in Addition, believe the scientists also, they have proven that the woman’s reactions on the high-heeled shoes is a subtly, but precisely, the signs of her sexual desire. Has the woman desire for sex with a partner, she will have a greater desire to wear beautiful high-heeled shoes.
the Researchers are calling for now the the study, which will look at how women in and outside high heels are perceived. For while the make up to a greater extent can be seen as something, some not-so-attractive women use to compensate for what they cannot have naturally, is the high heels, apparently more an amplifier than a compensator.
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