Oh never mind. This is the UK.
Posted on 09/15/2009 5:24:56 PM PDT by Steelfish
September 16, 2009
Unions Rally To Defend Workers Against The Common Foe: Killer Heels
Suzy Jagger, Will Pavia
Since 1868 the trade unions of Britain have met in congress and fought for Britain’s downtrodden workers. They have made great strides, but battles remain. After the fight for equal pay comes the struggle for equal shoes.
Yesterday the TUC turned its attention to the terrible threat to the workers that is posed by high heels.
Shortly before Gordon Brown addressed union members on the need to cut costs in public services, the unions spoke with one voice, demanding that women be allowed to wear sensible shoes in the workplace. It fell to two female delegates to make the stand for lower footwear. They warned that Britain was tottering on the brink of a podiatric catastrophe.
Much as workers who climb ladders now have the job risk assessed, they urged employers to carry out assessments of the risks of wearing Manolo Blahniks in the workplace.
First came Lorraine Jones, of the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists, stepping up to speak in a pair of flat shoes. She claimed that some women, including shopworkers and air stewardesses, were required to wear high heels as part of their professional dress code.
If the boot were on the other foot, or at least a foot belonging to a man, this would not be tolerated. She pointed out that such requirements were not made of the other half of the workforce. About a thousand delagates considered the truth of this statement. With the exceptions of pantomime dames, and Eddie Izzard, very few men are obliged to wear high heels.
“This is not a trivial problem,” she said. “Two million working days are lost every year through lower limb and foot-related problems.” Two million working days equates....
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Are they forced to wear them, or something?
TTIUWOP
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I kill for killer heels. These people have it all bassackwards. ;-)
Oh never mind. This is the UK.
The Brits are certifiably insane. The only problem is that us Yanks are only a few years behind them, not counting what Barry can do to us.
Cro-Magnon women did her stuff
With hand and foot both hard and tough
And unencumbered thus she ran
Alongside her cro-magnon man
The ancient asian thought it neat
To bind his baby daughter’s feet
A hobbling woman stayed at home
While husband’s feet were free to roam
To Louis Quinze the honour goes
For donning heels with pointy toes
But when those shoes began to vex
He passed them to the other sex
Victorian woman hid her looks
Laced up and bound by buttonhooks
And bloomer girls who made the news
Took off the skirts but left the shoes
Now modern women has a choice
Politically she’s found her voice
But she’ll have podriatic woes
‘til she’s free from heel to toe
Now all humanitarians
Know heels are for barbarians
Lets add this to our list of goals
We’ll kick them suckers off our soles
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