Why do men have bigger feet in contrast to women? Why aren’t their average foot sizes equal?

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Despite the differences between countries, the average foot size for women changes between US women’s 5 to 10 (EU 35 to 42), whereas the one for men changes between US men’s 7 to 10 (EU 40 to 44), except a few ones like [a man from Europe I saw on IG having EU 38 feet which is pretty small for a male and wearing women’s shoes especially the ones with pointy toes and stiletto heels](https://instagram.com/withhighheels?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)

Saw a few men with feet bigger than US 10 too, like Shaquille O’Neal with size 22 and Dwayne Johnson with size 14.

Why is there such a difference?

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“Because men are taller” is the easy answer, but even between a man and a woman who are the same height, the man usually does have bigger feet and hands. It’s simply because those are part of the sexual dimorphism that makes men primed for hunting and fighting. Along with bigger muscles, thicker bones, etc.

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