Men respond differently to women in high heels. This could be because women behave differently when they're wearing heels. Women's rights advocates object to heels, but some say they empower women in ...

“I’ve always liked the aesthetic of a high heel,” said 51-year-old Rob Taylor, who runs the Instagram account Men’s Heels Revolution. “It’s a beautiful thing.” Growing up in the English countryside, ...

PARIS — The well-heeled Marilyn Monroe reportedly once said if you give a girl the right shoes, she can conquer the world. The allure of high-heeled shoes is no secret among women, who have used them ...

The earliest known version of the high heel dates back to 10th-century Persia, where male soldiers wore heeled shoes while riding horses. The heel helped them stay secure in stirrups and gave them ...

For much of their history high heels were seen as a marker of an epic masculinity. When you think of high heels, your first thoughts almost certainly center around women. But for much of their history ...

Is the high heel a tool of empowerment or a tool of the patriarchy designed to slow a woman down? This is a question that Antonia Saint Dunbar, a serial entrepreneur, asked herself back in 2014 while ...

When I brought my newborn home from the hospital, I picked out a special outfit for her, including tiny leather moccasins. My husband thought the shoes were a little silly, given that she wouldn’t be ...

Editor's Note: The paper detailing the experiments cited in this post was retracted in October 2019. Women’s shoes come in a wide array of heel heights. Shoes with the highest spike heels have been ...