Posted on 08/11/2017 10:40:11 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Newsweek attacked President Donald Trump's female relatives for wearing high heels in public in a piece published Thursday, saying it showed they were subservient to men.
"Melania, Ivanka, and Ivana Trump Wear High Heels, a Symbol of Everything That Is Beautiful and Horrifying About Them," read the headline.
"The female consorts of the Leader of the Free World do not set foot in public without first molding their arches into the supranatural curve that Mattel toy designers once devised for Barbie's plastic feet," the author complained.
Newsweek argued that high heels are designed primarily to attract men, not for the comfort of the women wearing them.
"So to deconstruct why Trump women wear high heels: They are just buying into traditional binary views of male and female," British psychologist Paul Morris opined.
"High heels thrust out the buttocks and arch the back into a natural mammalian courting," an American anthropologist agreed. "Rats do it, sheep do it … lions do it, dogs do it. It is a naturally sexy posture that men immediately see as sexual readiness. [Heels] are a ‘come-hither' signal."
"When women wear high heels at work, they send sexual signals that should be avoided if they want to be taken seriously," she said.
Newsweek further noted that the first women to wear high heels were "Italian prostitutes in the 17th century" and that "the high heel was a staple of Victorian porn."
"Stiletto pumps are the ultimate test of a certain type of femininity. They signal the taut combination of power and weakness that conservative women must cultivate in order to survive among ideologues who are crafting our tax-free ‘Handmaid's Tale' future," Newsweek concluded.
These people are so sexist. When was the last time you saw a story about men’s shoes. Well, I mean straight men.
So...the lefty lunatics think everyone should schlub around like some unemployed social activist in birkenstocks and socks? Idiots...jealous idiots.
Who has the photo of Moochelle walking up the steps with the two gorgeous women????
shut up, hippie.
Rename NewsWeek to TalibanWeek.
was it here on FR that someone commented that she looked like Floyd Mayweather in a dress? anyhow.... she do.
When was the last time you saw an actual printed copy of Newsweek, even at a dentist’s office?
Guessing the author is an overweight lesbian with a pack of cigarettes stuffed in the pocket of her flannel shirt with the sleeves cut off. Probably thinks a title of social justice warrior somehow makes her relevant. But enough about Jillary.
Using a fork to eat food in public causing people in Africa without forks to feel belittled, since they many don't have them.
Dreaming about anything Russian.
Allowing their families to be photographed, very offensive to the Amish.
Not carrying around large wads of cash, insulting the other Amish who would want to mug them.
Calling for democracy for Venezuelans.
Driving on the correct side of the road and following all traffic laws.
Advocating Biblical values, outraging someone who is making love to his neighbor's wife and might be watching such come across the TV at that time.
Appearing in public with Secret Service protection, preventing livid liberals from doing them bodily harm when and where they want to.
Eating menudo and not being able to speak Spanish while doing so.
Failing to kiss Chuck Schumer's hand when in the same company at an event.
And, worst of all, failing to advocate the annihilation of all Jews and Christians everywhere by killing them and pulling their children's arms and legs off, killing their dogs and making sure to breed more muslims by their daughters and pledge allegiance to allah, who is just and merciful.
Any time liberals want another reason to be outraged at the administration, just let me know and I'll come up with something.
Maybe they should wear “Earth Shoes”. Remember those? LOL
Because flats are so much more lady-like and becoming!
This is all they’ve got? Fake Russia stories and high heels on women? And oh no, Trump likes his steak well done!
I thought high heels were worn to hobble women and slow them down so we can catch them. Seriously, I wonder why the author doesn’t include wearing make-up in his list of things only prostitutes used to do, and which simulates sexual arousal. Why can’t we just bring back Soviet women?
Women wearing high heels in public-bueno, por supuesto-to dinner, to work with a suit or dress, etc-it would hardly make sense for us to wear them to shop for groceries, or be clattering around the house in them while cooking or cleaning-whoever wrote this article needs psychotherapy-they are over-the-edge paranoid...
Which the author is incapable of doing:
Who is that dude?
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