So today I am wearing heels. Not like pumps or anything, just shoes with heels. If anything, they look a bit like pirate shoes with a heel of 3-4 cm. But they make the sound that heels do when you walk in them. And you also have to have a bit of a stride when you walk in order to not look weird.
Anyway, I walked to work today, through the city. When I approached men, they suddenly seemed to drop everything and look around, probably expecting a woman in heels to pass them. But then they saw me. No big deal, right? Honest mistake.
However, some men decided it was necessary to call slurs at me. Gayboy, f*ggot, said I was not a man etc. All for wearing tiny heels. I’m a 185cm long hetero guy, it’s not as if I look defenseless or anything. But they still feel the need to do that. I just yelled back at them to shut the fuck up fucking wankers, and if they have a problem I’ll kick them with my heels on.
But it made me think what non hetero guys or women deal with on a daily basis. Why can’t they act normal?
Yeah I can imagine. It’s just so weird as well. Why would you do this? What benefit do you get from this man? Just live your life in a normal way by respecting others.
I think a part of it is fear. Fear that changing social norms and in this case fashion will reflect back to these bigots like people are going to force them into heels or some stupid assumption. Like the existence of others somehow erases the status quo these shit stains enjoy and benefit from.
The rest is just ignorant cruel bigotry.