[ExI] how did high heels happen?

[Will Steinberg]

She has learned that "girls" are a group she belongs to, and that high
heels will help her to emulate/conform to that group.   Seems rather
simple...
On Dec 27, 2011 4:48 PM, "Mike Dougherty" <msd001 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2011/12/27 spike <spike66 at att.net>:
> > 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?
>
> The first thought that came to my mind is that "high heels" make
> shorter women appear to be taller.  Children generally want to be
> bigger because the perception of grown-ups is that they get to do
> anything they want.  That only grown-up women "get to" wear such
> ridiculous footwear might be the allure.  If mom isn't typically
> dressing this way as a role model, but mom also isn't the girly-girl
> that your 6yo niece wants to be - it could be that the odd shoes are
> valued for their novelty in the same way that a tiara would be.
>
> I don't have any nieces though, so I'm really just guessing from the
> perspective of basic observations of what you called "inscrutable
> beasts."  :)
>
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