TITLE:
Where Do We Stand on High Heels in 2018? An Audit
AUTHORS:
Sarah E. Reynolds, Sophie V. Richardson, Bex Horne, Isla Reid, Rachel Ross, Rhiannon Campbell
KEYWORDS:
High Heels, High-Heeled Shoes, Musculoskeletal Health, Social Medicine, Sexuality, Health Protection, Health Policy
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics,
Vol.6 No.4,
April
20,
2018
ABSTRACT: We present an audit of public awareness, freedom of
choice and health behavior change relating to high heel wear subsequent to a
major public awareness campaign in the summer of 2017. Substantial reductions
in workplace high heel wear were found, whereby increasingly those who wear high heels regularly at work have freely chosen to do so,
although certain issues of social expectations remain in certain sectors.
Largely, freedom of choice has greatly increased in workplaces in line with
increased public and employer awareness.
However, high heel wear has not substantially reduced in social settings,
and progress has not been made with social expectation and explicit requirement
to wear high heels at social events.