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    Men in Heels: A History in Photographs

    Though painful high heels seem like a women's burden, along with menstruation and childbirth, men actually invented these torture devices. With research from The Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, here's a history of men in heels, from King Louis XIV to Tom Cruise.

    --Jessica Ferri

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    2. Heels signified wealth and power
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      In the 1960s and 70s, some adventurous male dandies like David Bowie tried to bring heels back for men, only proving that David Bowie has nicer legs than all men and most women.
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      In the 1960s and 70s, some adventurous male dandies like David Bowie tried to bring heels back for men, only proving that David Bowie has nicer legs than all men and most women.

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