Are the days of high-heels at work finally over? | Tayo Bero

A new study shows that women wearing high heels are taken less seriously - but if you don't wear them, you're unprofessional'. Enough of this sexist nonsense

As more and more people return to the workplace in person, there's a lot to be unenthusiastic about - micromanaging bosses, hellish commutes, that one colleague you just can't stand. There's also the bane of women in the workplace: heels.

Women have long bemoaned the unfair and sexist norms that require many of us to wear heels at the office - from the physical discomfort of having to work in stilettos for hours, to the misogynistic tropes that get projected on to women who wear high heels, especially in male-dominated spaces.

Tayo Bero is a freelance writer