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FOR THE LADIES: Research Says High Heels Really Do Make You Look Good

Victoria Beckham has long been extolling the benefits of wearing heels and is rarely seen without them
Victoria Beckham has long been extolling the benefits of wearing heels and is rarely seen without them

According to a new research, high heels make you more feminine and they make you look better…

So if you are a woman and you want to impress that guy or enhance your appearance,  just squeeze into those high heels and you will get all the attention you deserve.

Scientists at the University of Portsmouth found that women wearing heels were rated as more attractive than when wearing flat shoes, even when those making the judgement are unable to see faces or bodies.

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The millions of women who will be squeezing their feet into uncomfortable high heels this New Year’s Eve can rest assured that the pain will be worth it – because the shoes really do make you look better.

Researchers have found that heels can ’emphasise femininity’ and change the way the entire body moves, including the pelvis, hips, legs, knees, feet and even the shoulders.

Scientists at the University of Portsmouth found that women wearing heels were rated as more attractive than when wearing flat shoes, even when those making the judgement are unable to see faces or bodies.

The study appears in the scientific journal Evolution and Human Behavior.

Researchers wrote that ‘evolution may partly explain the continuing popularity of high heels as an article of the female wardrobe.

‘If wearing high heels emphasises some sex-specific aspects of the female form they may make women more attractive, and one motivation, which may be conscious or unconscious, for wearing heels is that it is part of mate selection’, The Independent on Sunday reports.

As part of the research women were filmed walking for four minutes wearing identical flat shoes and 6cm heels.

All women who took part in research had an average of around 10 pairs of heels, which they wore at least once a week.

To ensure the women were rated on how attractive they were purely based on their high heels researchers used a technique called point-light display which highlights points of the body with lit markers.

It means the judges would see only the patterns of these lights as the woman walks.

Men and women viewed 30-second video clips of the walkers in high heels and flat shoes moving towards them and rated them on femininity and attractiveness.

In each case the women were rated as more attractive in heels.

It was also discovered  that an average woman walked more quickly in heels, changing from 106 to 110 steps a minutes, but with shorter strides –  from 1.24 to 1.20 metres.

The researchers wrote: ‘Women in high heels walked in a fashion more characteristic of female gait. The results are consistent with the idea that wearing high heels makes women look more attractive, and added: ‘Fashions by their very nature are ephemeral, but fashions that endure, such as high heels, may emphasise sex-specific aspects of the body.’

Via MailOnline

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22 thoughts on “FOR THE LADIES: Research Says High Heels Really Do Make You Look Good”

  1. i wont kill myself just to look good as researchers claim,i’ve great legs to rock my flats.But it doesnt mean no heels at all,looking great is not abt standing on skyscrapers

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  2. Yes of course women on high heels looks sexier as well ..and I finds my girlfriend more sexier more than anything when she wears one on my T-shirt sitting on the bed or just walking around (: ,i dont know if am the only one who sees this but ladies try this and I hope your man Will look NUTS LOL

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    • @27cдгibre(Ф_ф), i wear his t shirt,walking barefooted thats more sexier and natural but i must admit you are one naughty fellow

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      • @miss james, eww damn am a good boy ask my sisters on here they all know how I change from bad to good ,just ask sis Adoa nsa or sis BB OR MY ONLY TWIN BRO HERE .

        for the past 6 months when she wears my favorite blue T-shirt I just concentrate on watching soccer or play my favorite game call to duty .

        Note:i did not said she call me to duty !!! I mean playing call to duty game (:

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        • @27cдгibre(Ф_ф), the moment someone says am a good boy speaks dont try me .
          NOTE “is not i did not said”lol is i did not say my dear good boy

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        • @27cдгibre(Ф_ф), True, my calibre has always been a good boy.He only has a little bit of the naughty syndrome on him but there is still hope cuz its curable.Happy New yr dearest.

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          • @Adjoa Nbaaso), huh did you said lil bit of nastiness,i am waiting for 2013 so that I will be a virgin of 2013 .

            And happy new year to you too sweety 🙂

  3. High heels are only sexy in the bedroom room, especially when it comes to kamasutra and your girl is wearing a lingerie highheels and a bathingsuite hallelujah, but on the other side girls with yam, or brick legs and football legs on high heels is a big No No

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    • @Dr. Miyagi Atopa, eii, make sure she doesn’t step on you with her highheels during kamasutra or there’ll be a problem o hahaha! anyway highheels look good but unfortunately I have a problem with my leg so I haven’t worn highheels for the past 10 years (except to dinners etc.) but I think I still look good anyway lol.

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      • @Susie, hahha that’s would be very painful and would make that person loose his appetite than but as for the high heels if she assume the position and you do it right than hmmmm I guess it’s a hit man

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  4. THE TRUTH ABOUT HEELS IS SEXY, BUT SOME PPLE ABUSE WEARING IT ESPECIALLY IN GH, ITS LIKE À “FOLLOW-FOLLOW TREND” THERE WILL BE NO FUNCTION IN GH THAT YOU WILL NOT FIND AT LEAST 99% OF THE WOMEN IN HEELS. THIS HAS CREATED À MISCONCEPTION THAT ONLY HEELS ALONE CAN BE SEXY. NA LIE!
    YOU WILL FIND À DESPERATE GHANAIAN LADY IN À 6 INCH HEEL, RUNNING TO CATCH À “TROTRO” BUS..???? DO YOU CALL THAT SEXY.?? WTF!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • @B.B, after reading your comments I googled Ciara’s legs and dammmnn ‘obaa paa nan nie?’ she really has some muscular legs lol. ba it’s all good since she’s a dancer and I guess it shows she works out which I should do more! heheehee

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  5. Love me some heels.Every lady needs a couple in their closet In my opinion, high heels makes women look confident and on top of their game.There are certain outfits that looks better with heels, no matter what.I just took mine off, after getting all the good compliments but I feel my feet needs a massage now..LOL!Dr. Miyagi Atopa, bring ur bare hands here..

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  6. I love heels just like i love flats…i wear heels or flats when necessary. At work, we have to wear our heels from 8am till 4pm before you can take it off and wear flats…the guys always compliment us when we are in the heels but after 4pm, they pretend we dont exist…i agree that most men prefer seeing their ladies in heels, my guy has never bought a flat shoe for me before….its either 4inches or 3inches

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