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Hi Christine What a lovely series of posts from you. Yes, I'm sure the pert click of your heels while shopping warms the hearts of most men around you. Keep it up!

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I'm sure that Amanda in those Louboutin pumps would cause a raise of temperature wherever she went...

hhboots, I'm not 'increasing the rhetoric', merely replying to specific posts as they arise. There are presumably many websites where 'transvestite' content is entirely welcome? According to the moderators this is NOT one of them. But the message is rather mixed, I'll admit. Have fun.

No one in this thread has ever remotely suggested that transvestites, tgs or crossdressers aren't entitled to do exactly what they want to do... That's a battle to be fought in the wider world for those here who care to do it. Some of us simply find the end results laughable. That's our right too. No? The aesthetic appeal of high heels on shapely female anatomy is quite altered when worn by men. It's simply got nothing to do with being small-minded, intolerant or hostile to clothing culture or gender rights. Amanda's main point, that the site is now dominated by transvestites, is entirely born out by the (often indignant) responses to this bizarre thread. There are many unisex items of clothing; shirts, pants, belts, gloves etc, that are embraced by both sexes for reasons of practicality as well as fashion. But delicate, sensually shaped and provocative high heels are as culturally loaded and semiotically 'gendered' as it gets. Some of us will continue to enjoy the (occasional) post from those women who enjoy sharing their own love of heels with the men here who appreciate them for it. We feel we have that right while sharing a site given over to the subject. Wear what the hell you like, but don't belittle others for NOT thinking you look cool, or for expressing their own aesthetically grounded opinions.

JMC, I don't think you'll find any 'rants' anywhere in my posts in this thread. That was going on before I contributed and the temperature of the topic was already rather high... My secondary posts occurred after the member concerned had been (temporarily) banned and where she was not able to reply to further comments or criticisms of her which had been added in her absence. You and the other moderators will obviously run the site according to your own standards and as you see fit. That's your affair. I see that if I hit the 'report post' button I'll be able to report a post... Thank you for clarifying so many other points for me. S.

Wow. What a great outcome! The only remaining woman who posts anything regularly in the main forums gets banned for expressing an opinion..? Furthermore she's banned AFTER apologising for taking the thread off topic... Amanda has contributed more to this place than any other female as far as I can tell, and she deserves better treatment than this. As far as I can see her point in this ridiculous thread had been to say that she personally found men in heels unattractive and silly. Secondly, that the site was being dominated by transvestites. The first is a personal opinion, the second is clearly a fact. The moderators claim that transvestism is not welcome here, despite having Galleries of men in skirts, etc, and two of the moderators are clearly cross-dressed in their avatar. Given that the forums now consist primarily of blokes talking about wearing/buying women's shoes, clothes, etc, I'd say Amanda had it about right. It really doesn't make sense for anyone (HappyinHeels) to talk about the hypocrisy of double standards while such confusion exists over the site's themes and orientation. Personally I couldn't give a damn who wears what, but a site dedicated to High Heels might be expected to be slightly more female orientated in its themes and tolerance? Oh and "ilikelicks", anyone who goes out of their way to describe themselves publicly as a 'caring person' probably isn't. Oh, and Tech, as you've deleted my profile pic and avatar should I assume I'm in the naughty book, too? Jeez...

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Tech, Thanks for the knuckle rap... As for there being no bias toward transvestism, well, have a peek in the Galleries sometime...

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Charlie, Your post entirely fails to address the point about the heavy bias of the site toward transvestites, which is self evident from the forums and the images posted here. I gather it wasn't always so and that there was once a much broader mix of females and males. To that extent the bias has swung toward a single point of interest and the many women who might enjoy exchanging views and opinions now do so from a single tiny section of the site. And you seem intent on being overtly offensive; using phrases to a woman member here like 'get over yourself' (in an earlier post), 'attention starved troll' and in your last sentence below, making an unclear point about 'male' aggression..? Maybe it's you who should get over yourself, and lighten up?

Hi Heather, Welcome to the site. Girly girls are very welcome... Your love of shoes and your enjoyment in wearing them is great to hear about. Have fun...

Yes. Let's get back to the subject of bearded men in high heels, urgently. I don't really see the point of any forum in which either sex can't post. That DOES seem weirdly sexist, but call me old-fashioned. Hey-ho.

A quick scan of the forums will show that Amanda is right. HHP has become a site largely given over to 'shoe' transvestism. Very few women now ever post outside the Girls Only forum (where men are banned from commenting) and so the exchange between women and men who appreciate and love the subject of women in heels and hosiery is practically non-existent. It's a bunch of men talking to each other about wearing high heeled shoes. Far from her post being inflammatory, Amanda's contribution merely voiced what looks like the women's take on this. I don't see a rush of posts from women here all screaming about their love of men in heels... It's a minority interest, gentlemen. Live with it.

Er, it's actually really simple... Most women look fab in heels, most men simply look ridiculous in them. Just my opinion. It's a question of aesthetics rather than veiled social control. Jeez. But no one here has questioned anyone's right to run around in ladies shoes, if so disposed. However, it's just as inflammatory and insensitive to attack an openly expressed opinion as it is to denigrate a cultural minority. That's the price of liberalism. But men still look daft in heels...

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