Before women began a love-hate relationship with high-heeled shoes, they were exclusively worn by men and were a sign of virility and high social status. CNN values your feedback 1.

Charles II of England wore bejeweled heels, Spanish nobles wore those fancy, thigh-high heeled boots. Even overt here in the colonies the founding fathers were forging our nation in heels and hose.

The most obvious example of this is high heels, which generally make it harder, not easier, to walk. Heels were first invented in Persia in the 10th century, and they were originally designed for men.

Lil Nas X, who is six feet two, once wore a pair that were five inches high. The rave-ready shoes have been embraced by some of the most exciting and experimental figures in men’s fashion right ...

Boots featuring a low block heel were worn by both men and women in the early 20th century. Here, a young Albert Einstein is seen wearing a pair. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below ...

In practice, this meant the shoes sported about a 2½- to 3-inch wedge heel. ... Men and women who wore high heels became better, more efficient walkers afterward — not only in heels, ...

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In Caitlin Moran’s book How to be a Woman, she comments that heels made women less able to run from assailants and kept women vulnerable and needing a man’s arm to steady them. Much feminine fashion ...