ChristianKl comments on Why Real Men Wear Pink - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 08 August 2009 04:54:42PM 9 points [-]

How does that account for high heels? The most obvious effect is to make the woman wearing them taller, which decreases a difference between the average man and the average woman.

I suppose that they give the appearance of shorter feet.

Comment author: ChristianKl 14 September 2010 11:57:19AM 2 points [-]

High heels are impractical. They don't allow running and other sports. The same goes for long fingernails.

Comment author: jkaufman 28 August 2011 10:12:28PM *  9 points [-]

Doing impractical things is classic signaling. The less practical the stronger the signal.

Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 15 September 2010 04:58:30PM 0 points [-]

Sexual dimorphism refers to physical features, not to abilities as such.