High-heels – a symbol of sexual emancipation

Though most feminists see high-heeled shoes as an instrument of objectification of women and their subordination, I think that they are a symbol of sexual emancipation. In a world where female sexuality was denied completely, the introduction of high-heels, among other modern outfit articles, emphasised female sexuality and encouraged women’s sexual freedom. In a world where women were invisible and inaudible, high-heels made women not only more visible, but also more audible in public, even if only sexually. This was a great improvement if we consider how restricted the society was. That still today many women are subordinate is not due to their high-heels, bikinis and mini-skirts, but because of the long history of female subordination which cannot be erased from a society’s psyche in only a few decades or even centuries.