[ExI] how did high heels happen?

[BillK]

2011/12/27 spike wrote:
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> In any case, she has been wanting high heel shoes.  So for Christmas her
> parents gave her some toy glass slippers like Cinderella wore to the ball,
> which have heels, but it really wasn’t what she was shooting for.  We
> googled on women’s shoes, and she was wildly excited by stiletto heel
> pumps.  We tried to explain that little girls don’t wear such devices, but
> she would have none of that.  She wants these high heels, so now this
> presents some puzzling questions.
>
> Question: could this behavior be somehow hard wired into human brains?  Has
> anyone any speculations or theories that could explain why a little girl
> would be inclined to wear something that is uncomfortable, impractical and
> discouraged by her own parents?
>

Sounds like you haven't met many families with young girl children.   :)

It's called 'dressing up'.  All young girls do it.
Even her Barbie doll has high heels.
For just one example, see:
<http://www.rainbowdressup.com/category-dressup.php>


BillK