Editor's Note: The paper detailing the experiments cited in this post was retracted in October 2019. Women’s shoes come in a wide array of heel heights. Shoes with the highest spike heels have been ...

Is the high heel a tool of empowerment or a tool of the patriarchy designed to slow a woman down? This is a question that Antonia Saint Dunbar, a serial entrepreneur, asked herself back in 2014 while ...

There are plenty of reasons why women wear high heels today — to dress up an outfit or lengthen one's silhouette, for example — but centuries ago, the shoes served a much different purpose. High heels ...