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The British Union Trade Congress, although predominantly male, is pushing for an initiative that will reportedly spare many female employees plenty of embarrassment and even more health-related problems. The UTC is trying to ban high heels at the workplace, branding them discriminatory and a health hazard, much to the outrage of outstanding female public figures, the Daily Mail informs. The idea behind the UTC’s proposition is that high heels can be extremely dangerous in the long run, if worn for extended periods of time a day, like, for instance, at the workplace. Moreover, some employers literally “force†female staff to work in heels the entire day â€" such is the case of flight attendants and bank employees â€" which is both discriminatory and a hazard for their overall health. Banning heels altogether would seem the ideal solution from this perspective, UTC says, although several prominent female public figures would beg to differ. Tory MP Nadine Dorries, fo!
r instance, argues that heels give her confidence and an edge over her male colleagues, while also being entirely a matter of personal choice. Only the female employees in question should be allowed to say whether high-heeled shoes are good or bad for them, Dorries tells the Mail, and certainly not the UTC,...
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