she had decided while still in adolescence that men had no idea how uncomfortable women 's fashions usually were and really did n't care , since they themselves were n't called upon to spend hours standing in tendon-shortening high heels , encased in sweltering hosiery , bound either by bras or dresses tight enough to take over the job of lifting and separating , or pushing together to create cleavage , according to the dictates of the occasion .