{"id":37871,"date":"2013-09-27T19:08:06","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T15:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=37871"},"modified":"2013-09-27T19:08:06","modified_gmt":"2013-09-27T15:08:06","slug":"now-we-understand-womens-pain-men-teeter-around-in-stilettos-to-help-raise-awareness-of-domestic-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=37871","title":{"rendered":"Now we understand women’s pain! Men teeter around in stilettos to help raise awareness of domestic violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hundreds of men donned high heels and teetered around Toronto today to help raise awareness of violence against women.<\/p>\n

Organizers of the annual charity event Walk A Mile In Her Shoes, now in its fifth year in the Canadian city, warned all participants to ‘bring band aids’ to stop their newly-acquired stilettos from rubbing.<\/p>\n

Spectators uploaded photographs of the spectacle to Twitter, showing men wobbling along the mile-long course wearing everything from neon pink court shoes to chunky platforms.<\/p>\n

Walk a Mile in Her Shoes: The International Men’s March to Stop Rape, Sexual Assault & Gender Violence was started in California in 2001.<\/p>\n

The attention-grabbing scene of men wearing women’s shoes was designed to create a dialogue about an issue that is often hidden from public view and forgotten about as a result.<\/p>\n

In 2009 the event spread to Toronto where it has since raised around $400,000.<\/p>\n

Todd Minerson who helped to organize the event and serves as the executive director of White Ribbon, one of the largest men’s anti-violence programs, says there were almost 1,000 walkers from as young as 11 to as old as 70 in last year’s walk.<\/p>\n

The goal this year is to raise $125,000 to fund programs that help men and boys understand the issue of violence against women in Canada.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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