Why is it that women care so much about their shoes? This mystery deserves rigorous investigation and…

I spend a signifcant portion of my working day dealing with the complications of inappropriate footwear, in particular excessive heel height.

What a number of people that argue aginst this sensible motion often do not realise, is that problems are not often immediate, indeed the number of people that suffer from severely debilitating foot conditions in older age, is as a direct result of inappropriate footwear during their working life. In addition the risk to persons with diabetes cannot be underestimated with risk of ulceration and infection from inappropriate footwear a very real and common risk.

Employers should remember that conditions such as diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis often require people to alter their footwear to prevent complications in the lower limb, and to continue to enforce dress codes and policies which act against medical advice would be viewed as a breach of the disability discrimation act which all chronic conditions now fall under.

Sensible, judicious and occassional use of high heels will cause little harm, but regular use for normal working activities does indeed have consequences in the short, medium and long term.

The SCP should be congratulated for bring this motion to congress, and the congress itself applauded for carrying this sensible and balanced motion, which is based on research evidence.

Women wearing high heels happens in the work place because the women involved know they can look good. They are worn much less in retail in terms of those on their feet, but for plenty of female professionals, they are a natural choice.

Stop telling wimmin to wear dungarees and the like.

What a load of complete rubbish and drivel has been published about this very sensible and informative motion. How anyone can disagree with any single word of it is beyond me.