High heels"To be transported by shoes, winged by them. Wearing dreams on your feet means starting to give reality to your dreams."-Roger VivierShoes of every brand and style are loved by women everywhere the world but it is the heel, whether stiletto or platform, that is coveted, adored, desired in such abundance simply inside and outside the shoe itself. They are everywhere. They run rampant in books, calendars, photographs, album covers and films, dangle in miniature versions of precious metal from earlobes and chains, in women's closets and even their living rooms, and let's not forget their most prominent place of residence : women's feet. They are a constant obsession in pop culture, endlessly talked about and fetishized in television, in films, in song lyrics and seem to be worn invariably by glamorous celebrities, regardless of the occasion. The most famous shoe-loving pop culture media is the hit HBO series Sex and the City, in which shoes are a major theme. Cast of Sex and the City at http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft /0,1518,grossbild-233666-286899,00.htmlWhat's in a shoe? Perhaps it was originally intended to protect the feet from the elements, but today the shoe has evolved from its practical origins to grandiose heights, and at the highest level is obviously the high heel. Heels are not something you simply wear on your feet, but a passion, a hobby, a personal expression, a source of authority, sexual independence, a basic element of gendered female culture, a sign of ostentatious femininity, psychological power and joy. Women choose to wear high heels for many reasons; the key is that they are the ones who proactively choose to support high heels, often to the detriment of their own physical ability... middle of paper... the decision to wear high heels is a way of rebelling within of a system. Women who wear these high heels because they like it, for their own pleasure. Whether they like erotic connotations, excitement, height, delicate structures, dangerous spots, phallic qualities of penetration, real history, haughty independence, aesthetic beauty or a confusing combination of all these and moreover, women who love high heels do so on their own initiative. volition and desire. Manolo Blahnik, the “high priest of high heels” (Benstock & Ferriss) epitomizes the paternalistic idea that women should be pitied for their choice and love of high heels. He was once asked if he "ever felt sorry for all those women who staggered through life in the pointiest heels," to which he replied, "Oh, my God, how could I feel sorry for them ? I'm sorry. Who do they love? (Spectrum, 388)