From Various Dictionaries
High Heels
Along with boots, the most fetishised items of footwear around:they combine the discomfort and pain of wearing them with the
damage they can inflict when used as weapons. The fetish is
termed altocalciphilia.
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High heels are a cult all of their own, and the fetish for them
has been named altocalciphilia. According to Rossi (cited in
Love 1992:110) they were invented by Catherine de Medici to
compensate for her own lack of height, and introduced to the
US by a prostitute who brought a pair from France to New Orleans
where they were immensely popular with clients. Their
appeal is paradoxical. They are uncomfortable and inhibiting to
wear, especially at the extreme heights (up to 24cm/9")
preferred by the aficcianado, forcing a posture that emphasises
vulnerability and the more 'feminine' aspects of a
woman's body, giving them an appeal as footwear for bottoms. Yet they are
also the stuff of many a femdom fantasy and standard-issue
kit for the professional dominatrix, perhaps in part due to the
weapon-like nature of the heels themselves, which can be used
as implements in surface play and CBT scenes.
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