Useful source

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Research into the legality of high-heel policies by a corporate lawyer: http://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=law_pubs

Divide into forbidden and required?

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Another way to organise this page would be have a section on "policies requiring the wearing of high heels" and another on "policies forbidding the wearing of high heels". Thoughts? I'm about to knock off, back later. MurielMary (talk) 11:48, 16 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Re-sized image

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It seemed rather large. MurielMary (talk) 11:50, 16 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

  • I suppose it depends on your screen and mine is currently 1680x1050. I tried 373px as being 10% of the original and it worked well for me. 150px seems too small and is making the caption quite crowded on my screen. The default is 220px so I will try that now to see if it fits the Goldilocks principle. Andrew D. (talk) 12:55, 16 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

No heels

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@Andrew Davidson: I found some interesting incident which you might like to add to the article. Just see [1] and [2]. How's it? --Mhhossein (talk) 15:12, 20 May 2016 (UTC) @Andrew Davidson: ??? --Mhhossein (talk) 04:45, 23 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hoax

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I read "A 17th-century law in Massachusetts announced that women would be subjected to the same treatment as witches if they lured men into marriage via the use of high-heeled shoes.[3] In 1770, an act was introduced into the British parliament which would have applied the same penalties as witchcraft to the use of high heels and other cosmetic devices.[4]" This is a hoax, an urban legend, invented in the 19th century as page filler by a newspaper. I currently have no sources available and English is not my native tongue, so I would appreciate it if someone would correct this. IMHO it should be mentioned but as a hoax, not as facts.Maggy (talk) 08:55, 1 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

Hi Maggy. Do you have reliable sources saying it's a hoax? --Mhhossein talk 12:52, 2 September 2018 (UTC)Reply
Hey Mhhossein, I've found this source and this article. Apparently the Hoops and Heels Act was never passed. Another inconsistency: The Witchcraft Act 1735 stated that witchcraft and magic were illusory, treating as an offence not the supposed practice of witchcraft but the superstitious belief in its existence. How the same penalties as witchcraft would have been applied 35 years after this act eludes me. 91.38.190.86 (talk) 11:12, 4 November 2019 (UTC) DauglReply

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