So true! High heels seem to me related to foot-binding in ancient China, making it impossible for a woman to run away. Women are also often cold, since they don't want to bulk up with a jacket. I saw a couple once--the man completely comfortable in cargo shorts, sneakers, a loose shirt and a baseball cap. The woman completely squeezed into her shoes and skirt with her tits pushed up out of her tight top and wobbling around on high heels with elaborate hair and make-up that she no doubt spent hours applying that in my mind made her look inhuman. Heavy jewelry on neck and ears. Plus no jacket on a cold night. Yuck. It was a visual reminder of what second class citizens women are. She might as well have been carrying a 25-pound weight on her back.