The well-heeled Marilyn Monroe reportedly once said if you give a girl the right shoes, she can conquer the world. The allure of high-heeled shoes is no secret among women, who have used them to ...

The study urges sports brands to redesign women's running shoes, ending the traditional 'shrink it and pink it' approach.

Shoe designers have been urged to ditch the “shrink it and pink it” approach to women’s trainers. Despite known biological ...

Scientific research can sometimes instantly alter our perceptions of the world. Why, without research we'd have never discovered that saturated fat is so bad for us. Nor would we have discovered that ...

High heels might be a step above the rest. A recent study published in Personality and Individual Differences found that women are perceived as more sexually and physically attractive, feminine and of ...

In wrestling terminology, a heel is a villain, a ‘bad person’, a character that is supposed to be loathed in every sense of the word. Over the years it has become more and more difficult to have a ...

UNC women's basketball will have its first contest against Boston University (not Boston College) on Sunday, Dec 7, at noon.

From the researcher who showed female hitchhikers with big breasts got picked up more by men than their flatter-chested counterparts comes another revealing study: one that appears to confirm that ...

Why do we do it to ourselves? After new research this week showing nine out of 10 women have experienced pain or other foot problems from skyscraper heels, you may wonder if we choose to shelve the ...

A disturbing new study claims that men like women wearing high heels because it 'signals they are ready for sex'. Its authors have been slammed by equality campaigner Nicola Thorp who said their ...