In one test, they found if a woman dropped her glove on the street, men were 50% more likely to stop and return it to her if she was wearing heels rather than flats, while female behaviour remained unchanged regardless of shoe worn, according to results published in the journal, Archives of Sexual Behaviour.
Students from across Japan sitting JHA exams for a certificate that allows them to become high heel instructors sing from the same hymn sheet.
“We learn how to move in a kimono and how to bow correctly, but not how to walk (in heels),” said hypnotherapist Takako Watanabe, 46 after a walking lesson.
“It might help us catch a hunky guy,” she adds.
Fellow JHA alumni Ayako Miyata agrees it is an important skill that few Japanese women have mastered.
“It makes you look more lady-like,” said the 44-year-old, who has spent thousands of yen amassing a stiletto collection. “They’re an essential item for a modern woman to feel pride and confidence in herself.”
Yumiko, whose parlor is a veritable shrine to France’s King Louis XIV, lined with frilly curtains embroidered with the image of the dandy, heel-wearing monarch, gives short shrift to accusations of sexism—she wants men to change their footwear too.
She explains: “As in the Renaissance period, men want to look taller and more stylish. Men should wear heels, so they can preen majestically like Louis XIV. I’m sure it will happen.”
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