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In reply to the discussion: Women's feet are a mess (not so with men's feet) [View all]MuseRider
(34,105 posts)of what can happen. I wore heels, as high as I could get because I am short and I wanted to be fashionable. My mother suffered from terrible bunions and hammer toe and so did my grandmother who was (get this) not allowed out of her house without a dress, hose and heels. I hated the heels, they always hurt. When I started nursing school I felt so good in those shoes so from then on I decided to go on my own and sate my odd love of shoes with round and funky instead of the typical "fuck me" shoes. I have tons of odd and funky, clunky shoes with only a few dressier flats or very short wide heels. I no longer wear dresses either.
Bunions, bunionettes, hammer toes, painful feet. I wish I had come up in a family of women who were not archaic and cowardly in their belief systems and had one tiny bit of courage to stop being treated as chattel. My feet, not to mention my state of mind, would be so much healthier and their lives would have been so much better.
Pay heed, this is very important to your health.