#KuToo: High heels optional

Many businesses in Japan require working women to wear high heels.  (Airlines in the United States have similar rules.)  Yumi Ishikawa, a Japanese actress and freelance writer, feels that’s unfair. 

Her efforts to change public policy have been bolstered by a clever hashtag: #KuToo which is a play on the Japanese words kutsu (shoes), kutsuu (pain), and a nod to the #MeToo movement.

High heels have long been seen as a female equivalent to the businessman’s necktie. Others, however, have compared such high-heel policies to foot binding, a practice in ancient China when smaller feet were seen as more desirable.

English actress Nicola Thorp made headlines after going public about being fired from a job as a receptionist for refusing to wear high heels.  Shortly thereafter, British Columbia and the Philippines passed laws banning companies from forcing women to wear high heels.

If you have pain from high heel shoes, call (847) 675-3400 to schedule an appointment with Dr. Steven Miller.

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