What Men Really Want Is A Woman In High Heels

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You read that right ladies. The men of the world have just given your sensible flats an angrily extended middle finger, because according to a new study, men find a woman in high heels significantly sexier. 

The study was conducted by the Archives of Sexual Behavior, and these conclusions were reached thanks to four different studies.

In a series of studies, the length of women’s shoe heels was examined. A woman confederate wearing black shoes with 0, 5, or 9 cm heels asked men for help in various circumstances.

In Study 1, she asked men to respond to a short survey on gender equality.

In Study 2, the confederate asked men and women to participate in a survey on local food habit consumption.

In Study 3, men and women in the street were observed while walking in back of the female confederate who dropped a glove apparently unaware of her loss. It was found that men’s helping behavior increased as soon as heel length increased.

However, heel length had no effect on women’s helping behavior. It was also found that men spontaneously approached women more quickly when they wore high-heeled shoes (Study 4). Change in gait, foot-size judgment, and misattribution of sexiness and sexual intent were used as possible explanations.

Ah men, we're so easy to predict. I'm frankly embarrassed by studies like this because we almost always reinforce stereotypes, pretty much without fail. Way to go men! Don't ever evolve. 

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