X-Ray Photograph Of Foot In High Heels
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but that is a pretty extreme high heel - looks like 5" heel to me which is as high as you can go (6" heels have a 1" platform under the toe to make them 6"
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5" heels are worn in the name of fashion. 3" inch heels, on the other hand, are practically required for a certain level of business woman (as in, if you want to move up the corporate ladder, you better wear heels). I'd prefer to see an x-ray of a foot in 3" inch heels (not as bad as this one but still pretty bad) with a note that says "It is sad to see what people are forced to do to themselves for the sake of career success."
And a pretty serious indictment of American corporate culture. Glad that you can see that though. 
...she's short and when she worked in an administrative post used to joke that if she wanted to get into someone's face she'd make sure she had her 3" heels on. It gave her the feeling of being on a "more equal footing" with the boys...literally.
Including my last supervisor. 
...I'm 5'11" so I've found it interesting how people use height to their advantage. I had a boss who was short and had his desk propped up on a platform so when you sat in a meeting he was always looking down on you. I got wise...I propped up my chair and always made it a point to try to be the "taller" one. Needless to say he was a republican. 
But I'd get comments like "How's the air up there?" 
Your former boss sounds like a real winner. I'm not surprised that he's a republican.
Created guidelines which said:
Women at the firm have been advised to wear high heels with skirts rather than trousers to “embrace their femininity.”
Dress codes often expect
"For formal business events, closed-toe heels or dress shoes in conservative colors (black, brown, gray, tan, almond) with hosiery essential. The shoes should be in good condition."
But, of course, you are right, women never wear heels because their company's dress code says they should or because they see female colleagues who wear heels seem to be more likely to be promoted or because career advancement/job search advice websites tell them to wear pumps (from Virginia Tech Student Services - "Shoes: Should be leather or fabric / micro fiber. ... Choose closed-toe pumps." . No, women ONLY wear pumps to get male attention.
First thing I thought of when I saw this thread.
Clippity Clop ladies....
Check out future footwear:
I'd keep my BDSM gear at home, dunno why people go walking around in theirs 
"You damn well will master fractions, even if I have chase you half-way across the neighborhood!"
prepared to say as I was logging in.
This is just another form of male dominance over women. Sure, some women deride other women for not conforming to the imposed "norm" but they do it out of ignorance or because they want to have competition or because they have been convinced that it is the way one succeeds. It reminds me of the women who smoke cigarettes until the gurgle while breathing but don't see the harm in it.
groupthink anyone?
There are so many shows with female protagonists wearing high heels and chasing down the perps; this is one of the worst, when it comes to shoes, although she's not a cop:
a woman about my age (late 50s) who must have abused her feet with ill-fitting shoes her entire life.
Her mangled feet were on display in open sandals: hammer toes, bunions, strangest of all - the 2nd toe crossed over and rode on top of the big toe. What kind of shoes must she have worn? I shudder to think! 
Amazingly she doesn't limp or show any outward signs that her feet are sore. I can't imagine how they *couldn't* be sore. 
Just say NO to heels!
I am only half joking.....
I can't even think about them without falling over and busting my ass.
I keed. I keed.
And necessary
Heels how I miss thee.
