IS it more acceptable for a GUY or a GIRL to go barefoot in public?

Answer 1

both can

Answer 2

It should be acceptable for both. Glad to see a bit less anti-barefoot bias here than in the fashion category but there's still a few, I'll copy the same I wrote there... people PLEASE don't get your health education from a bunch of signs in store windows! Loads of Americans believe bare feet are gross and/or dangerous because so many stores post these signs 'Shoes required by the Health Department' but that isn't even true (see source). The Health Departments in the US have NO rules for customers' footwear, regardless of whether food is served or not. Nor do insurance companies require or even recommend it. Bacteria don't jump onto products -nor would they be more likely to do so from the sole of a bare foot than from the sole of a shoe or the bare skin exposed in a flipflop. For the barefooter him-or herself, our skin was made to keep pathogens out and unless you have a cut, it does that job quite well, even in places like restrooms. We're at more risk from the things we touch with our hands; doorknobs, buttons, handrails, shopping carts, money, etc. With our hands, even if we wash our hands before sitting down for dinner we tend to eat snacks on the road, we touch our faces sometimes... chances are far greater we transfer those bacteria to a place where they can enter our body. Nor is glass a great risk; I've been barefoot for ten years, never divert my step even if I see broken glass on the ground, frequently run full speed at train stations and I get a tiny splinter *maybe* once a year. Never had a cut. Far most worms spread only by ingestion, only the hookworm can enter through the skin and it's been pretty much gone from the southern US since modern plumbing has replaced the outhouses. In cooler climates it's never been much of a problem. And even if you pick it up it's only a really big deal when you don't have access to modern medicine; the scary pictures of bloated, wormy kids are those who don't have that luxury; children get worms sometimes from playing in the sand box (where bare feet aren't the culprit either; after all kids stick their sandy *fingers* into their mouths more often than their toes, and often get sand all over themselves, not just on their feet!) and it's easily treated.

Only in the US with all those no shoes, no shirts no service signs do so many people believe barefooting is unhealthy; here in Western Europe, such signs are rare and people are not grossed out by bare feet either. It's very rare I hear anyone say 'gross'; most of the times people just wonder if it isn't cold and many times people say how healthy it is and that if it weren't so much against fashion they'd love to do it too! This isn't India or some place; this is in the Netherlands, UK, Belgium, Germany....

Answer 3

I'd say girls, but I'm sure it's more acceptable for us guys to look like slobs in public. So even though girls can go barefoot, everything else is in the guys favor lol.

Answer 4

Just fine for both as far as I know, never heard anything one way or the other. Girls going bf get guys checking them out (bare feet are CUTE guys say) but girls dont seem to care when they see guys BFing it. Either way, it's cool and comfortable and looks great!

Answer 5

it's not acceptable for either, although i must say, i like to walk in the grass barefooted.

Answer 6

I tended to say girls, but i don't think it really matters

Answer 7

Neither, it's disgusting. Put some shoes on you rednecks.

Answer 8

It is nasty for anyone to do so CUT IT OUT

Answer 9

chicks

Answer 10

NOPE , CAUSE THERE IS MANY FOREIGN OBJECTS THAT CAN GO RIGHT THROUGH YOUR FOOT , ANYTHING FROM TACS , NAILS , BROKEN GLASS!