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

Answer 1

I think it is OK for either a guy or girl to go barefoot wherever they want - IT IS NOT ILLEGAL !

In the US there are some strange hang-ups about anyone who is not conforming to the norm, not 'cool', not fashionable etc.
Americans are very superficial and apply too much emphasis to a person's appearance. Things are much more relaxed here in the UK.

The worst that can happen to you from walking barefoot is getting sore soles (if you are a tenderfoot), getting dirty feet (inevitable and curable with soap) and possibly treading on somthing sharp (unlikely if you look where you are going).

In the civilized world, there are no diseases that are spread by your feet and as for being un-sanitary, I don't think the flip-flop actually makes any difference.

Wearing or not wearing footwear is such a non-issue and is purely fashion based - like wearing a hat or coat. People should have the right to decide what they wear without fearing prejudice.

I am not a full-time barefooter but i do enjoy walking with bare feet when I feel like it. It feels nice and I find it very calming and relaxing. I have walked around many British towns barefoot, shopping, site-seeing, on trains, busses, the London Underground (Metro) all without any problems or being infected with any diseases.
Yes it is still unusual but nobody really cares. They are only feet - we've all got them - and going barefoot is what they are designed to do !

Answer 2

It should be acceptable for both. Lots of anti-barefoot bias here... 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

It's acceptable for a dog to go barefoot... not humans
well I guess if you're in some tropical country and they have a shopping area close to the beach, kind of like a boardwalk set up, but other than that... you're normally supposed to be wearing shoes.

Answer 4

neither I dont care how cute your little piggies are girls put on some flip flops or something if your going shopping. And guys you should not be wearing sandels or going barefoot unless it's on the beach

Answer 5

I think it is OK.

I go to the grocery store or 7-11 barefoot, places like that :)

Answer 6

depends what your feet look like! Or if your going shopping for shoes & too lazy too sock up.as far as ur question goes,woman in bare feet shopping hahahha.where the heck r we,Hawaii.

Answer 7

Unless you are on Venice Beach or something, I don't think you CAN go shopping barefoot.

Answer 8

Neither in the US. Maybe different in other cultures.
However if you are shopping at a street fair, either would be appropriate. Gender has nothing to do with it in US.

Answer 9

I dont know, but I dont think it would stop a girl to go shopping even if she has no shoes.

Answer 10

I've never seen it either. I think a girl could get away with it though - guys couldn't.

Why would you want to; it would hurt your feet and who knows how dirty the ground is?