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

Question

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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Answer 1

Part of it is bone structure difference in the feet. Male tendons, muscle and skin also tend to maintain more moisture and mass then females. Why? well its mostly the effects of testosterone which males naturally have more of then females.