College lecturer Loraine Monk became a media celebrity after criticising a proposed ban on high heels in the workplace.

Loraine Monk, of Nescot College in Ewell, lead the way on the debate on high heels at the Trades Unions Congress last Wednesday, which generated media coverage nationwide.

She was fighting against a motion that tried to restrict the wearing of heels at work on the grounds of health and safety.

She said: “This congress has settled for arguments about shoes rather than getting women’s feet – however they are shod – firmly on the equality ladder.”

Monk said the motion would expose the congress to ridicule as “the killjoy fashion police who want to control what women wear and have never heard of Sex and the City.”

She said: “I was looking for something substantial on equality but there was nothing.

"I spend my working day preparing bright ambitious young women for what they expect to be a rewarding career.

"It makes me very aware of the disadvantages they face and the difference between their hopes and the reality of the workplace.”

A spokeswoman from Nescot College, said: “Loraine Monk found the days events hilarious and said the comedy press attention from The Sun and the tongue in cheek fall out from the debate put a lighter note to the serious issue she was putting across. Loraine was pleased to have put the motion on the table.”

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