I need to understand the physics behind this. How can fa…I mean… “corpulent” women sport stiletto heels? I saw one today, and I was amazed how that small heel (no wider than my pinkie finger) was holding this heavy-set woman up! Honestly, I haven’t seen a female who was that obese in a while, and the heels were shocking to me.
This summer, a girl who was chubby (i.e. she wasn’t fat or slim, but still very cute) was wearing stilettos, and she had to hang on to me at times because her heels were sinking into the grass. No, the grass wasn’t soft, but I figured this is probably normal and must happen to most girls if they’re wearing heels on grass. Unless they’re VERY light on their feet. Lucky for the lady I saw today, she was on concrete. If she was on grass: forget about it; it would have been like quick sand. I’m surprised the concrete held up as well as it did though. I couldn’t help but think of the T-Rex scene in Jurassic Park when the ground was shaking. ANYhow…
I understand the physics behind why elephants are so heavy but don’t sink: The area of their big feet spreads the weight. Pressure = Force/Area. Are you telling me that the area of the shoe where the ball of your foot is holds all the rest of the weight (force)? I guess so? Or perhaps these women can get specially re-enforced steel heels. That theory makes a little more sense to me. Perhaps my friend in Math-Physics buddy (you know who you are 
) can explain this one more scientifically. This is assuming that my theory of re-enforced steel heels is false!