Study proves high heels do have power over men: Scientists from the Universite de Bretagne-Sud conducted experiments that showed that men behave very differently toward high-heeled women.

[u/Libertatea]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/science-proves-high-heels-do-have-power-over-men/2014/12/08/68dd8666-7ef4-11e4-b936-f3afab0155a7_story.html?tid=rssfeed

[u/Crusty_Dick]

Girls are more attractive in heels because heels curve their spine making their butts and chest protrude out and appear more prominent.

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And give a huge confidence boost, often

[u/Gargatua13013]

I agree it would be interesting. However, the study does identify some objective cues with a known incidence of sexual attractiveness:

“In a relation of seduction, men are very attracted by a woman in heels as she looks taller, more sexually confident, sure of herself, with a lengthened silhouette and sensual jutting buttocks.”

Height and protruding buttocks are all objective cues with a biological basis independant of cultural particulars and known to induce biological responses in the human male whatever his cultural background. This is consistent with experiments in sexual selection where tail feathers are artificially lenghtened, for instance.

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I've never heard anybody state that men find taller women more attractive.

[u/Bind_Moggled]

How does one get funding for this kind of thing?

[u/Sly1969]

Seems very biased towards Western culture. I wonder if the results would have been the same in Beijing or Delhi?

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They're not typically in high heels though are they?

[u/Frogtech → u/Sly1969]

Don't know if the asses in Bejing are big enough for this to work though

[u/Libertatea]

Here is the peer-reviewed journal entry [.pdf] : http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/536/art%253A10.1007%252Fs10508-014-0422-z.pdf?auth66=1418061338_adeeeb84b3718c4ecef4d70859463eab&ext=.pdf

Edit: Here is an alternative working journal entry: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-014-0422-z

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The link is broken, or it seems like it for me.

[u/Libertatea → u/[deleted]]

Its not working for me either. This link should be working: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-014-0422-z

Sorry about that!

[u/duckandcover]

We are simple creatures. Dogs are more mysterious.

[u/BL8K3]

On a joking note, it could also be because they know a woman can ram the heel part into his ass if she gets pissed.

[u/radii314]

Language:

They don't call them "fuck-me pumps" for nothing

[u/SoCo_cpp]

So do they find a woman in high heels more attractive or like an injured woman with a lessened mobility in need of extra consideration and help? Mobility scooters, the new high heal of the obesity stricken generation?