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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Men are, on average, taller than women. So that means men’s feet need to be, on average, longer than women’s. The taller you are, the harder it is to stay balanced. Longer feet solves that problem.
“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.
Because men are the males of the species and women are the females of the species; with each having many differences in body structure, composition, and biology. No matter what the woke media and politicians try to tell you, each gender has its differences for a purpose. The first and foremost of which is the propagation of the species through sexual reproduction. The second of which is the survival and protection of the species. Without the key differences in each gender, the species would ultimately fail to exist. It has been this way for thousands of years, and some would even say for millions of years.
Something not mentioned in this thread- have you seen the kinds of shoes women squeeze their feet into? My shoe size went from 7.5 to 9.5 when I stopped wearing narrow shoes. I think some of the “shoe size” distinction is because mens shoes aren’t designed in a way that hinders movement and toe splay.
It’s not only by length, but also width of the foot.
As my both foots have ‘wing’ right below the pinky and thumb toes, so i literally must use 1 size bigger than standard length size.
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