Walk A Mile In Her Shoes Analysis

April is known as “Sexual Assault Awareness” month. Support groups and organizations across the country come together in the community to raise awareness to individuals on the statistics and how to react to victims. Sam Houston and its graduate students and faculty hosted a “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” awareness event in the hopes to bring the reality of the true struggles women endure to the volunteers of this event. Sam Houston’s goal of this event is to open the minds of the student population that sexual assault can happen to anyone; you may know someone that has been victimized. Events like this particular one create a safe environment where the community can raise the silent voices and share positive messages. The “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event where the men volunteers choose to wear women’s high heels and walk a designated mile course around Sam Houston’s campus and this paper is designed as a reflection on the insight gained from this attendance.

This event created an atmosphere where the male participants had the opportunity to grasp the uncomfortable situations women are in, which in this case rape. Walking in front of a crowd and feeling ashamed is an awkward situation and watching the males walk up hills and down flights of stairs gave them the experience to see how it is not easy being a woman. High heels are a symbol of beauty in today’s society; it is more socially acceptable to be a tall women or one that enjoys wearing high heels. Men are more attracted to those who “dress up” and majority of the time act of their sights with “cat calling” or whistling. In some cases, this is taken further into sexual