Young Chinese men go the "extra mile" in high heels for their girlfriends

BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) -- A survey at a leading
Chinese website on International Women's Day revealed that many young Chinese
men said they would wear high-heeled shoes - purely to experience their lovers'
aches and pains.

The survey, "Are you willing to wear high-heeled
shoes for her, for just one day?", attracted more than 3,000 netizens on
163.com,one of China's major websites.

Men run in high-heels, some
tumble. They said they would try high-heeled shoes for their wives, or
girlfriends, to show their love, respect and understanding.(Photo:
Guangzhou Daily)
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They said they would try high-heeled shoes for their
wives, or girlfriends, to show their love, respect and understanding.

"I am worried whenever I see my wife wearing
high-heeled shoes, because it seems to hurt so much," a husband from Guangxi
Zhuang Autonomous Region in south China said.

However, another netizen from Guangxi said, "I prefer
praising her beauty instead of wearing shoes for her, for women like men's sweet
talk."

Men race in high-heels. They said they
would try high-heeled shoes for their wives, or girlfriends, to show their
love, respect and understanding.(Photo: Guangzhou Daily)
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The idea came from an anti-domestic violence movement
started in the United States, called Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, a traditional
feminist event, the website said.

The website also investigated why Chinese women liked
wearing high-heeled shoes, and about 70,000 netizens commented.

Nearly 68 percent of women wore high-heeled shoes
before their 20s. About 70 percent wore shoes with heels higher than 5 cm, and
about 20 percent of women were asked to wear high-heeled shoes during work, the
survey showed.

"Of course, most women think they are beautiful after
wearing high -heeled shoes," the survey said. "It aches, but it is fun."

Also a survey by Hongniang.com, a dating website in
Zhejiang Province, said China's post-80s generation would enjoy accompanying
their lovers on Women's Day, as well as other important festivals for lovers,
such as Valentine's Day and Christmas Day.

The investigation, whose topic was marriage and love
affairs, had about 100,000 respondents commenting online and lasted from January
to March.

Some caring men would even cook for their lovers
after work, on their birthday, or Valentine's Day, surprising to them, the
survey said.

Survey: Young Germans prefer Web to spouses

BEIJING, March 3 (Xinhuanet) -- A survey shows that
German twenty-somethings can't bear life without Web when asked to choose among
choices of living without their spouses, or Internet access or mobile phones,
according to media reports Tuesday.

In a survey by German broadband association Bitkom,
98 percent people said they found useful information online, and around 84
percent of respondents aged 19-29 said they would rather do without their
current partner or an automobile than forego their connection to the Web.

"People under 30 would rather do without their cars or their current partners
than the Internet or their mobiles," Bitkom president August-Wilhelm Scheer
said.

But he insisted that the Web "creates real
relationships and does not result in autism and dehumanization."

He said one in two people taking part in the survey
admitted they had made new friends thanks to chat forums and Internet
communities. Around 8 percent said they had found a new partner thanks to online
relations.

Nearly a third of respondents said social networking
sites such as Facebook and MySpace and their German equivalents had helped them
expand their circle of friends.

"Our study shows that the Web is not an anonymous
medium that leads to coldness in society," Scheer said.

(Agencies)