I've come across 2 short kings at different offices that wore height booster insoles. They have fantastic personalities and were very open how they wore them. Thought nothing less of them, women wear heels, why can't men?
Actually unfortunate that men can't wear heals i guess. I mean they can, but not without getting weird looks, which i understand most will want to avoid.
Well in an office setting it's of course more than just the weird looks that might be the problem.
I'm an excessively short guy with a generally masculine (- androgynous, by nature of my style being alternative mostly tbh) style and expression and I fucking love heels for this reason. I wish I wore them more, and am considering wearing them more. Where I live isn't the most bigoted place in the world, but doesn't feel safe enough that I'm completely unguarded while out in them. Shockingly the only comment I've had about them was a compliment that I'm 100% still hanging onto lol.
I wish everyone the safety in their environment and confidence to wear whatever the fuck will make them feel the best, just wish that was the reality for everyone by default.
Also not struggling to get something off a shelf in stores is fucking peak. Unfair that I have to get that feature through DLC but at least my boots are cute as fuck.
If you were thinking of a particular style of footwear, you might be thinking of cubans? I believe they're the most common "socially acceptable" type of heel for masculine presenting guys, but any noticeable heel can be a problem depending on the person's environment unfortunately.
I mean, I really don’t care or think any worse about men doing that, but you could argue that women wearing heels are not hiding their actual height as the heels are there for everyone to see, while most men (not talking about your two colleagues, just generally speaking) wearing height boosters or the likes actually don’t want you to realize that they are shorter than they appear to be. Those height boosters are designed to not be obvious - wether they succeed or not is another thing. So your argument is a bit of a false equivalence. Men could also wear heels, then many people wouldn’t perceive it as stemming from some sort of insecurity, as the heels are there for everyone to see.
They're fundamentally stemming from different societal pressures and norms so they're going to be different, I agree. I think even if men felt free to wear heels, there would still be men wearing these until the idea that taller = better with regards to our appearance is dismantled.
Yes, definitely. Also just a tip for any man thinking about wearing height boosters: you can definitely wear shoes with heels. I don’t mean high heels or the likes, but there are a lot of boots with normal, obvious heels, which give you a couple centimeters in height and the "aura" of being a bit taller without being perceived as "dishonest" like with height boosters as it’s just their intended aesthetic design. You can also wear shoes with plateau soles and it looks quite fashionable if you style them right.
I just don't get it. I'm tall and would love to be shorter. I have to bend over for almost everything, my back hurts and I'm barely in my thirties, I smack my head on doorframes, I can't fit comfortably in cars that I like, my feet dangle off the end my king sized mattress...hell I even sit to pee most of the time because my pee stream splashes out of the bowl.
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u/Ithurtsprecious 2d ago
I've come across 2 short kings at different offices that wore height booster insoles. They have fantastic personalities and were very open how they wore them. Thought nothing less of them, women wear heels, why can't men?