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Current events: In the United Kingdom, there is some political controversy over high-heeled shoes! British unions passed a motion stipulating that women are not confined to wearing heels at the workplace; they have the right to wear comfortable shoes! And as usual, most media outlets over-exaggerated the declaration!
The Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists introduced a motion asking workplace employers to partner up with Health and Safety representatives and trade unions. Risk assessments of high heels should be conducted by these organizations and in where the footwear poses a health hazard, initiatives should be put into place to replace them with comfortable shoes.
The motion set forth by the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists just sets a standard that women should not feel that high heels are the only choice of footwear and that the prevailing medical opinion is that they should be avoided in occupations where prolonged standing is involved.
The Society has been quoted to say that, “this [high heels] is a serious issue for women in the workplace, and we at the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists want to ensure women workers are never forced to wear high heels which we believe can lead to foot health problems in the short, medium and long term.” In addition to the motion, members of the Society advocate the use of sensible shoes which have heels no more than one-inch high. Specifically, the safety guidelines they issued said that “heels should have a broad base and be no higher than 1.5 inches... if worn for long stretches no higher than 0.8 inches.
The motion advanced by this society was not just a random act; there is plenty of evidence that high heels are economically counterproductive and a hazard to health. Women have lost nearly 2 million days of work a year through lower extremity disorders and many of those lead to foot operations. Too high of heels end up causing long-term foot and back problems! The Society has said that “wearing high heels can cause long-term foot problems, such as blisters, corns and calluses, and also serious foot, knee and back pain. More needs to be done to raise awareness of this problem.”
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