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In a dream, the shoe should be seen as symbolizing a person's attitude or point view regarding the world about him. Growing out of children's shoes indicates giving up a childish attitude to life. Further indications are given by the condition of he dream shoes. The dreamer's clothing, or example, may be elegant and faultless, but to his consternation, his shoes are nevertheless not cleaned or even worn out. The dreamer gives himself away by his shoes. In the German language, slippers are a proverbial symbol of female domination. The Pantoffelheld (slipper hero) or henpecked husband is dominated by his wife. The slipper has also a secondary, sexual significance; sexual dependency is of course often the case. An extreme case is that of the shoe-fetishist. For him, shoes have the significance of substitute objects for the female genitals. The sexually aggressive woman by whom the masochist longs to be dominated is symbolized by woman's boots or shoes with pointed heels. |
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