Fair enough, I'll agree with what you've mentioned regarless of your lack of proof. However, I still think confidence plays a bigger role and will more than compensate for a lack of height. But you got me; I don't have research near my armchair to convince you. My experiences are purely anecdotal.

However, it doesn't remove from the fact that these shoes won't help you out. If anything, they'll make you look even more out of touch being that they lack any sense of style.