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I've got an older pair of four and a half inch knee-high boots, but they have a "hidden" 1/4 inch platform, so it doesn't really count. That I've worn on any sort of regular basis, I'd have to say four inches.

Well, the rear half is clearly male. I'm not sure what the front half is, but considering leopard-spotting is an almost exclusively female apparel pattern, I'm inclined to say that the front, heeled legs are, and were intended to be female.

Nope! Tile and carpet-covered tile. I'm sorry to hear you trashed your floors. There are some rock-hard floorings with a very realistic wood look and texture that can take the beating...

Instead of arbitrary increments, the ability to navigate which depends entirely on the individual, perhaps it might be better to simple "comfortably stretch the limit," regularly? I've been wearing my latest, a pair of four and a quarter inch heeled winter boots for about a week. Love 'em! When I first began, it was a bit difficult, but this morning when I put them on, before heading to McDonald's, for breakfast and coffee, I walked around the house a bit before realizing the awkwardness from earlier in the week had gone.

I didn't vote, as it depends on one's foot size. For me, it's around three and a half.

My two pair of boots that cost around $200 each have leather bottoms. They're slick as slush on wet ice. I have three other pair of boots I wear in the winter, at $20, $30, and $70. All three have patterned rubber soles that grip slick, icy pavements very well during my evening walks.

Why the push for guys wearing obviously feminine heels? When the time is right for society to accept men in heels, the fashion designers will get a clue and simply have men wearing heels in ways that look perfectly naturaly, without clashing wildly with the wardrobe.

That's fairly insane. Pain is good. Pain tells you what's bad. What's next? Botox for the ulnar nerves for those who tend to burn their hands while cooking in the kitchen?

I've been doing toe-raisers, knee bends, and some skier stuff since, forever. Seems to work. Plus I'm a regular at the gym.

I think most female clothins is too flimsy. Maybe that's why they're always cold! I prefer solid clothing, like thick shirts, jeans, and well-made boots.

Thanks, Bubba136. I mapquested it and it's up near Dusseldorf, which is a bit out of my way. DawnHH, not much to share. I've been out in public a few times, but not where anyone I'd know would recognize me. I wear them around the house, mostly.

I've always loved this style, ever since I tried on a pair belonging to a neighborhood girl who used to babysit me.

What do you think about this style?

I didn't vote as I didn't like the options. What would make me buy more, and wear more, is if I saw more men wearing, and more decent, non-masculinized heels marketed to men.

Toss up between my medium-heeled clogs which I wear around the house and my higher-heeled boots which are the only ones I've worn outside.

Lately? A pair of Sudini leather boots to a mall.

About half the time, never at work, occasional when I'm out, but only when I'm where I'll not be recognized by someone I know.

So, we are ahead of our time, yes?? LOL

Couple of decades, at least.

I'm glad for the OP, but feel it's too much. More power to him, though. Have you tried thigh-highs with a kilt? Perhaps the masculine version instead of a skirt might work better, 'specially if it's longer, and not mini.

I chose "I only wear heels inside and maybe will wear them outside someday" as while I do wear them outside some times, it's not where I live or around those I know.

I am a man who wears heels, seriously. Is there any other point? Some good comments in the OP. Good luck to you and your efforts, though I believe the world is best changed one heeler at a time.

Of course I try them on. Who wants to go back, standing in line, as the sales clerk lifts them out of the box, embarrasing you in front of others as they ask, "Ok, so why are you returning these?" I hate it when clerks take them out of the box, even when you're just buying them. Any more, I just ask, "Please be discrete and leave them in the box." With Payless clerks, that never works, and they do it anyway. So I have to add, before I give them the box: "If you take them out of the box, I will leave." That usually works. Most heels I buy though are online, not at a store.

When I do wear heels in public, it's pretty subdued, usually the heel is half-covered by jeans.

They've varied. My ex-wife was aghast. A post-wife girlfriend didn't think anything of it. She was totally ambivalent. Another girlfriend was leery. None were totally supportive, but it was the factor that ended only one of my relationships. My parents found out, but they don't care, as I'm still me, and I'm not embarrasing them in front of their neighbors.

I wear heels that I enjoy wearing. If I'm heading out, I don't wear heels unless I'm going far enough away that I don't run into anyone I know. Masculine? Feminine? What's the difference, if all heels are considered feminine by society? How about dainty, vs rugged? If so, the heels I do wear in public would be rugged.

I don't understand the fascination with the sound part of it. I've yet to see a pic of a guy pulling off a stilleto, though tapered blocks work well enough.