High Heels: A (Gendered) History

High heels seem so wrapped up in gender but they are just shoes until history happens. Come and unpack it with me and learn how it became to be this way. 
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References:
 
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/heels-history-men
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-heeled_shoe
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-13/why-do-we-wear-high-heeled-shoes/9135936
https://qz.com/quartzy/1317090/its-enlightenment-philosophys-fault-that-women-wear-high-heels-instead-of-men/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/can-fashion-ever-be-sustainable/p07n7630?playlist=fashion
https://www.today.com/style/surprisingly-functional-reason-high-heels-were-invented-t100969
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2019/mar/20/sex-power-oppression-why-women-wear-high-heels
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190509-is-it-the-end-for-high-heels