A new fitness program geared to women has a few people up in arms at one of our local gyms.
The promotional flyer for the program shows a drawing of a pink high-heeled, pointy-toed shoe and reads, "Strong women wear their pain like stilettos: No matter how much it hurts, all you see is the beauty of it."
A friend objects to this stereotyping and complained to me as vigorously as she could after a grueling Extreme class.
"This is what we fought back in the Sixties!" she said. "Women don't have to wear those things anymore."
She said she proudly wore Teva sandals to her daughter's wedding and intends never to don heels again.
Thank God we don't have to wear Teva sandals, either! It is great to have a choice and, for some of us, the choice is nice Italian slingbacks with two inch heels.
ReplyDeleteCathie Ledyard