This is no new news: High heels are hell. And it's not just women that wear heels either. In fact, heels have been worn by men for various reasons throughout our history. Ancient Egyptian butchers wore high heels while slaughtering animals to avoid getting blood on their feet. Later, in the European renaissance, the high heel became a status symbol worn by both male and females from the higher social statuses. King Louis XIV of France decreed that only nobility could wear