Author(s)

Sarah E. Reynolds¹, Sophie V. Richardson¹, Bex Horne², Isla Reid³, Rachel Ross³, Rhiannon Campbell⁴

¹Independent Scholar, Glasgow, UK.
²Independent Scholar, London, UK.
³Independent Scholar, Edinburgh, UK.
⁴Independent Scholar, Swansea, UK.

We present an audit of public awareness, freedom of choice and health behavior change relating to high heel wear subsequent to a major public awareness campaign in the summer of 2017. Substantial reductions in workplace high heel wear were found, whereby increasingly those who wear high heels regularly at work have freely chosen to do so, although certain issues of social expectations remain in certain sectors. Largely, freedom of choice has greatly increased in workplaces in line with increased public and employer awareness.  However, high heel wear has not substantially reduced in social settings, and progress has not been made with social expectation and explicit requirement to wear high heels at social events.

High Heels, High-Heeled Shoes, Musculoskeletal Health, Social Medicine, Sexuality, Health Protection, Health Policy

Reynolds, S. , Richardson, S. , Horne, B. , Reid, I. , Ross, R. and Campbell, R. (2018) Where Do We Stand on High Heels in 2018? An Audit. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics, 6, 715-724. doi: 10.4236/jamp.2018.64064.