B1 – Intermediate
Most companies impose dress codes on their workers and some companies even compel their female workers to wear high heels while working. We all know that it is important to follow our company’s rules and regulations but what if apart from the pain, women also complain about injuries after slipping, falling, and tripping due to wearing of high-heeled shoes.
Let’s find out how the movement started in Japan.
https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1904/190403-high-heels-1.html
Vocabulary Questions:
- What does “hashtag” mean? “The movement has the hashtag KuToo – a combination of the Japanese words that mean “shoe” and “pain”.” Use this word in your own sentence.
- What does “petition” mean? “She started an online petition.” Use this word in your own sentence.
- What does “impaired” mean? “A visually impaired woman who has to wear high heels at work said it is difficult for her to keep her balance in high heels.” Use this word in your own sentence.
Discussion Questions:
- How did the campaigns against having to wear high heels start?
- Why do companies require women to wear high heels?
- What do you think about wearing high heels?
- Have you ever been compelled to do something you don’t want to at work?
14 replies on “Japanese Women Rebel Against High Heels”
1. How did the campaigns against having to wear high heels start?
It started with a movement leaded by MS Ishikawa who did an online petition to the Japan’s government.
2. Why do companies require women to wear high heels?
Because it is their dress code.
3. What do you think about wearing high heels?
I think that the high heels are not comfortable, and they pain our feet.
4. Have you ever been compelled to do something you don’t want to at work?
No never had to do it.
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1. How did the campaigns against having to wear high heels start?
The campaign started when the actress Yumi Ishikawa tweeted that companies in Japan should not require women to wear high heels.
2. Why do companies require women to wear high heels?
I think companies require women to wear high heels as part of the formal dress code.
3. What do you think about wearing high heels?
It is a symbol of elegance, but I do not agree that a company forces you to wear them, there are other types of shoes to use as a formal dress code.
4. Have you ever been compelled to do something you don’t want to at work?
No never
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1. How did the campaigns against having to wear high heels start?
They started because almost a 70% of women in Japan have to wear high heels at least once a week, and this have bad consequences as: sore feet, back pain and other health problems. So one Japanese actress decided to move, to start a complain movement against this situation, to avoid this healthy issues that wearing high heels is provoking.
2. Why do companies require women to wear high heels?
In my opinion, it is a chauvinist tradition, making the female image as an object to watch. These high heels make an stylized view of the women, like nicer to the men. Horrible, only thinking on this it makes me feel nausea.
3. What do you think about wearing high heels?
If a woman feel that she wants to wear this is perfect, but it must not be a requirement, and even less if you have some healthy impediments to wear them. It must be a choice, sometimes I feel confortable to wear them, I feel that I need to put them, some clothes “require” these high heels, but as I said, it is a choice.
4. Have you ever been compelled to do something you don’t want to at work?
Of course, in my actual job we have to wear a dress code, with the one I don’t feel comfortable at all. When I started I had to shop a lot of clothes that I usually don’t wear, because we have to transmit this “smart or polite” image. The only thing I am thinking when I am finishing my journey, is to come back home and change my clothes and shoes. But I like the job, so you have to balance.
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1. How did the campaigns against having to wear high heels start?
Who started the campaigns was the Actriss Yumi Ishikawa, she complaint in tweeter this issue for end with this.
2. Why do companies require women to wear high heels?
I think that is same that the idea wear clothes bussiness. It use for to aparent sofistication, elegancy. Man use tie while women use high heels, only image.
3. What do you think about wearing high heels?
I prefer sneakers or shoes plane. But if there is women to who like high heels, is fine. Always that she have decided use them and is unacceptable that some companies mandatory employees her.
4. Have you ever been compelled to do something you don’t want to at work?
Yes, in the past, I was secretary. And the company that I worked compelled me I had to use company clothes. (jacket, shirt and skirt), I don´t like but I had not other job.
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1.- How did the campaigns against having to wear high heels start?
The actress Yumi Ishikawa started a hashtag in Twitter against the heels use at work.
2.- Why do companies require women to wear high heels?
Because they think women seem to be more professional , something similar to the tie use in men,
3.- What do you think about wearing high heels?
if women are not comfortable , they should not wear them
Nowadays , I think that a woman with heels could seem more smart no more clever
4.Have you ever been compelled to do something you don’t want to at work? yes I do , I had to wear suit and tie when I started working in this company many years ago , fortunately time changed
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1. How did the campaigns against having to wear high heels start? A japanish Ishikawa started a movement on the internet in order to collect signatures.
2. Why do companies require women to wear high heels? It seems that the women appears more professional.
3. What do you think about wearing high heels? I think is completely wrong that a woman is seeing smarter or more proffessional with high heels. First of all, because there are a lot of shoes elegant and beatiful and at the same time comfortables. I think is more important to feel well and comfortable to be concentrate in your job, rather than elegant but with pain and unconfortable. Is better to have the focus on your job, not in the pain.
4. Have you ever been compelled to do something you don’t want to at work? No, but sometimes the workload was not balanced and I did not agree with how it was managed, but I could not do anything else, even though I presented it on a proffessional and polite way.
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1. Japanese actress started a movement to end with high heels. The movement has the hashtag KuToo. She tweeted that companies in Japan should not require women to wear high heels.
2. Companies require women to wear high heels due to dress code. Some dress codes require women to wear high heels so that they appear to be taller and more attractive. I think that at this moment few companies have this rule. If I want to look smart and well dressed which I need to for work, then I have to wear heels.
3. I have a good opinion about wearing high heels. I always use high heels in my job. I like to use this kind of shoes because it is more elegant, polish and look better.
4. No, I have been never compelled to do something I don’t want to at work. For example, in my job it is not mandatory to wear high heels. But I cannot wear trainers or sportwear. I understand and I don’t like to use this type of clothes in my job.
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