Using the knowledge of mathematical culture, can wearing high heels really make you beautiful?

Many women like to wear high heels. Is it because of the inherent aesthetics, or does wearing high heels really make people beautiful?

1. High heels, as the name implies, are shoes with high heels. Usually, the heel below 4cm is short, the heel below 4-6cm is medium, and the heel above 6cm is high. After wearing this kind of shoes, the heel will be significantly higher than the toe. From the perspective of perception, it can lengthen the leg lines, make the lower body look longer, improve the body proportion and make the body more beautiful. So, why is it more aesthetic to lengthen your legs?

Let's first understand the concept of the golden section. According to legend, in ancient Greece, Pythagoras, a mathematician, was walking in the street and stopped to listen when he heard the sound of a blacksmith striking iron in a blacksmith's shop. He found that the blacksmith had a regular rhythm when he was beating iron, and the proportion of this sound was expressed mathematically by him, which was 0.6 18: 1. Later mathematicians deepened and developed this theory by studying geometry. How did this figure come about? Divide the whole into two parts so that the ratio of the larger part to the whole is equal to the ratio of the smaller part to the larger part. This fixed ratio is (√ 5- 1): 2, which is about 0.6 18.

This proportion is recognized as the most attractive, so it is widely used in art, architecture and other aspects. So is the human body. A graceful figure can be reflected by the ratio of trunk to height. The closer the aspect ratio is to the golden section number of 0.6 18, the better it looks. It is said that the ratio of the torso to the height of the statue of Venus, the ancient Greek goddess, is exactly 0.6 18, which completely conforms to the golden section, so it is considered to represent the most beautiful figure. The proportion of ordinary people's trunk (from navel to sole) is only about 0.58 to 0.6, which often fails to reach this golden section value. Therefore, women who love beauty will choose to wear high heels to lengthen the intuitive length of the torso in order to achieve the goal of pursuing perfect proportions.

2. In addition, from an aesthetic point of view, wearing high-heeled shoes will reduce the stride of women, and at the same time, the center of gravity will move backwards, the legs will be straightened accordingly, the hips will contract, and the chest will lean forward to improve the hunchback, making the posture more dignified and curvy.

In fact, as early as ancient times, women who love beauty, especially aristocratic women who are less active, have long been popular in wearing high heels. The etiquette shoes worn by women in the Zhou Dynasty were round-headed high-soled shoes. The shoes of the Tang Dynasty Empress Grandson are also three inches high at the bottom and narrow at the bottom. After the popularity of foot-binding in Ming Dynasty, there appeared many "high-heeled" shoes suitable for foot-binding women, and famous "flowerpot bottom" and "horseshoe bottom" high-heeled shoes appeared in Qing Dynasty.

From this point of view, wearing high heels will really make people's bodies more beautiful, but high heels will also bring harm to our bodies. Long-term wear will lead to hammer toes (toes will bend permanently), calf muscles will be reduced, knee joints will be worn and inflamed, and muscles around lumbar vertebrae will be pulled. Therefore, we should pay more attention to health while pursuing beauty.