Stilettos, wedges and pumps aren’t just for girls anymore. Baton Rouge’s Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response Center will be hosting its first Hunks in Heels event as a kickoff to the third annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event.
Racheal Hebert, executive director of STAR, said the Hunks in Heels event will feature some of Baton Rouge’s influential male community members donning their finest high heels and strutting across a runway tonight at The Office bar downtown. The male models include WBRZ anchors, Baton Rouge Area Chamber members and University law professors.
Hebert said the events are intended to get men thinking about things women go through on a daily basis and have them gain insight on how life is different for women.
“We actually had a man make a comment when he saw a picture of a man wearing high-heeled shoes,” Hebert said. “He thought, ‘Oh my gosh, that must be so uncomfortable.’ And then he thought, ‘Oh my gosh, I’ve never thought that about women.”
Hebert said it’s important for men to get involved in these typically women-related issues to show support for the women in their lives and take a stand as a community against sexual and physical violence, which one in four women will experience in her lifetime.
She said awareness is one of the key components to preventing abuse and assault as well as helping survivors of abuse.
Hunks in Heels will begin at 7 p.m. tonight and end at 10 p.m. The tickets are $50, and all benefits go to STAR.

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