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schuhfetish - 1. Jun, 14:34
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1
Jun
2005
The ubiquitous shoe
Quelle: http://www.shoebusters.com/discussion.html
How many pairs of shoes do you own? If you are the typical American, then very likely you have at least five to ten pairs of shoes in your closet. However, it is not uncommon for some people, especially women, to own a hundred pairs of shoes or more, representing a significant investment of thousands of dollars. Wouldn't it be cheaper to just go barefoot? Why do people love shoes so much, even wearing them to the grave?
Well, according to footwear historian Dr. Rossi, the purpose of shoes is in this order: sex attraction, status symbol, and least of all utilitarian purpose, such as protection from harsh weather. (4) He says studies estimate that at least 80% to 90% of all footwear sold, falls into the first two categories. After all, hardly anybody takes off their shoes during warm weather. Likewise, so-called "sensible" shoes have always accounted for a tiny fraction of footwear sales, indicating that consumers have consistently rejected more comfortable footwear in favor of more fashionable footwear.
Dr. Rossi indicates that the word "shoe" itself evolved from the old Anglo-Saxon "sceo", which means "to cover", and that the original use was not in a protective sense but in a sexual sense. (4) Consider the basic effect from elevating the heel of each foot, providing a feature that seems to have no practical value whatsoever. Popularized by the European teenager Queen Catherine de Medici at her early Sixteenth Century wedding to France's King Henry II, high heels have been in widespread demand ever since the Industrial Revolution of the mid 1800's made shoes available to anyone and everyone in society who wanted them, even children. The stature of a woman is boosted both literally and figuratively when she is wearing high heels, attracting attention of other women and particularly that of the men. The following illustration demonstrates the mechanical repositioning of the body column when standing on heels of two to three inches in height. (5)
Standing in bare feet permits bones and body structures to balance effortlessly over one another (shown left in A). Adding a heel underneath each ankle joint would force a rigid body column to pitch or tilt forward in accommodation (shown center in B), but gravity does not allow such an arrangement, and so the body spontaneously adjusts the posture to keep from falling over (shown right in C).
Aside from the provocative sex symbolism inherent to high heels, such physical adjustment to the body gives a more shapely contour to the ankle and leg, with a sexier, leggier look, providing an emotional uplift that itself enhances sexual attraction. Sexy stilettos also accentuate voluptuousness in the buttocks, abdomen, and bosom, while highlighting the sensual curves of the back and especially those of the foot itself. Even the gait of a female—already erotic with her undulating motion of erogenous zones—is made sexier by the magic of high heels, explains podiatrist Dr. Rossi, who writes, in his famous book on the subject, "High heels feminize the gait by causing a shortening of the stride and a mincing step that suggests a degree of helpless bondage, appealing to the chivalrous or machismo nature of many men." (4)
Widely admired by both men and women alike, these very same changes seem to be detrimental to health as internal structures, such as organs, glands, tissues, muscles, bones, and joints, must readjust their natural position to accommodate shoes. For example, the cause of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) remains unknown, but seems to afflict women in the United States more often than men. Could their higher heels have anything to do with it? The jaw is fundamentally a mechanical structure whose alignment depends vitally upon the alignment of the feet. Try tilting your head forward or backward, left or right, in various directions and chewing. Do you feel one set of muscles working harder or differently than another? Does it feel effortless or strained? Could you chew in that manner for a week, a month, a year, a decade, or a lifetime?
When the balanced body column is habitually thrust forward—even over a so-called "sensible" or "low" one-inch heel, like that found in many athletic sneakers or men's boots—then the jaw is constantly forced to perform against gravity in an unnatural way, leading to shortened muscles, strained ligaments, and inflexible joints that are susceptible to any additional trauma or stressful demand, no matter how minor it may seem. Furthermore, weakness in one foot or ankle joint, induced by putting differently shaped feet in the same-sized shoes, may tilt the body to the side as well, subsequently leading to problems in the left-right direction too. Popping, clicking, grinding, and clenching are common outcomes to the unbalanced muscle tension that seems to result from wearing shoes, not to mention headaches and tinnitus (ear ringing) that are certain to arise under chronic misalignment of the jaw.
If the entire jaw is thus susceptible to the habitual use of shoes, then are its internal structures such as the teeth and gums also at risk of disease and disorder? Do problems such as crooked or cramped teeth, temperature-sensitive teeth, gum disease, gum recession, root canals, tooth decay, dental caries, and cavities tend to plague those who wear shoes more than primitive people who go barefoot? If shoes cause popping, snapping, clicking, or cracking in the jaw joints, then what other joints or internal structures of the body are also susceptible to shoes? Because the jaw is a mechanical structure, do the statistical correlations between periodontal disease and heart disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, and respiratory problems indicate that these conditions are also mechanical rather than dietary? Could all of these disorders share a common denominator? What degenerative diseases affect women disproportionately more than men? Many other provocative questions will be asked, and perhaps answered, as we chew over some further topics and examples.
How many pairs of shoes do you own? If you are the typical American, then very likely you have at least five to ten pairs of shoes in your closet. However, it is not uncommon for some people, especially women, to own a hundred pairs of shoes or more, representing a significant investment of thousands of dollars. Wouldn't it be cheaper to just go barefoot? Why do people love shoes so much, even wearing them to the grave?
Well, according to footwear historian Dr. Rossi, the purpose of shoes is in this order: sex attraction, status symbol, and least of all utilitarian purpose, such as protection from harsh weather. (4) He says studies estimate that at least 80% to 90% of all footwear sold, falls into the first two categories. After all, hardly anybody takes off their shoes during warm weather. Likewise, so-called "sensible" shoes have always accounted for a tiny fraction of footwear sales, indicating that consumers have consistently rejected more comfortable footwear in favor of more fashionable footwear.
Dr. Rossi indicates that the word "shoe" itself evolved from the old Anglo-Saxon "sceo", which means "to cover", and that the original use was not in a protective sense but in a sexual sense. (4) Consider the basic effect from elevating the heel of each foot, providing a feature that seems to have no practical value whatsoever. Popularized by the European teenager Queen Catherine de Medici at her early Sixteenth Century wedding to France's King Henry II, high heels have been in widespread demand ever since the Industrial Revolution of the mid 1800's made shoes available to anyone and everyone in society who wanted them, even children. The stature of a woman is boosted both literally and figuratively when she is wearing high heels, attracting attention of other women and particularly that of the men. The following illustration demonstrates the mechanical repositioning of the body column when standing on heels of two to three inches in height. (5)
Standing in bare feet permits bones and body structures to balance effortlessly over one another (shown left in A). Adding a heel underneath each ankle joint would force a rigid body column to pitch or tilt forward in accommodation (shown center in B), but gravity does not allow such an arrangement, and so the body spontaneously adjusts the posture to keep from falling over (shown right in C).
Aside from the provocative sex symbolism inherent to high heels, such physical adjustment to the body gives a more shapely contour to the ankle and leg, with a sexier, leggier look, providing an emotional uplift that itself enhances sexual attraction. Sexy stilettos also accentuate voluptuousness in the buttocks, abdomen, and bosom, while highlighting the sensual curves of the back and especially those of the foot itself. Even the gait of a female—already erotic with her undulating motion of erogenous zones—is made sexier by the magic of high heels, explains podiatrist Dr. Rossi, who writes, in his famous book on the subject, "High heels feminize the gait by causing a shortening of the stride and a mincing step that suggests a degree of helpless bondage, appealing to the chivalrous or machismo nature of many men." (4)
Widely admired by both men and women alike, these very same changes seem to be detrimental to health as internal structures, such as organs, glands, tissues, muscles, bones, and joints, must readjust their natural position to accommodate shoes. For example, the cause of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) remains unknown, but seems to afflict women in the United States more often than men. Could their higher heels have anything to do with it? The jaw is fundamentally a mechanical structure whose alignment depends vitally upon the alignment of the feet. Try tilting your head forward or backward, left or right, in various directions and chewing. Do you feel one set of muscles working harder or differently than another? Does it feel effortless or strained? Could you chew in that manner for a week, a month, a year, a decade, or a lifetime?
When the balanced body column is habitually thrust forward—even over a so-called "sensible" or "low" one-inch heel, like that found in many athletic sneakers or men's boots—then the jaw is constantly forced to perform against gravity in an unnatural way, leading to shortened muscles, strained ligaments, and inflexible joints that are susceptible to any additional trauma or stressful demand, no matter how minor it may seem. Furthermore, weakness in one foot or ankle joint, induced by putting differently shaped feet in the same-sized shoes, may tilt the body to the side as well, subsequently leading to problems in the left-right direction too. Popping, clicking, grinding, and clenching are common outcomes to the unbalanced muscle tension that seems to result from wearing shoes, not to mention headaches and tinnitus (ear ringing) that are certain to arise under chronic misalignment of the jaw.
If the entire jaw is thus susceptible to the habitual use of shoes, then are its internal structures such as the teeth and gums also at risk of disease and disorder? Do problems such as crooked or cramped teeth, temperature-sensitive teeth, gum disease, gum recession, root canals, tooth decay, dental caries, and cavities tend to plague those who wear shoes more than primitive people who go barefoot? If shoes cause popping, snapping, clicking, or cracking in the jaw joints, then what other joints or internal structures of the body are also susceptible to shoes? Because the jaw is a mechanical structure, do the statistical correlations between periodontal disease and heart disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, and respiratory problems indicate that these conditions are also mechanical rather than dietary? Could all of these disorders share a common denominator? What degenerative diseases affect women disproportionately more than men? Many other provocative questions will be asked, and perhaps answered, as we chew over some further topics and examples.
schuhfetish - 1. Jun, 14:31
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