going barefoot in public

How old are you?

under 8

8-12

12-14

14-16

16-18

18-25

25-35

Do you go barefoot at home?

almost always

usually

in summer only

in socks but never bare feet

only on occasion

seldom

never

We never ever wear shoes in the house.

Do you visit friends in your bare feet?

No, never

I have but rarely

only ones I can walk to visit

often

usually

I always go in my bare feet to friends

Usually when I wear shoes I kick them right off and go barefoot.

Only friends I know go barefoot in public.

Do you go barefoot in stores?

No

I have once or twice

On rare occasions

Sometimes

Often

I go barefoot any place I know I can

I go barefoot everywhere--anyplace

I'd love to all the time, but don't have the nerve, so I don't.

If you ever went barefoot in a fast food place, did you encounter a problem with it?

yes

no

Have never gone into a fast food place barefoot

Would you go to church barefoot?

yes

no

If you were allowed to go barefoot in school, would you?

no

maybe

always

sometimes

If you were in university, where bare feet are allowed, would you go barefoot?

To class

to the library

anywhere I could go barefoot, I would

I might go barefoot sometimes

I would not consider going barefoot

To a meeting with a teacher/advisor.

To a frat party.

If you see somebody out barefooted in a place, will you try to go barefoot there soon too?

No way

Maybe

Probably

Certainly

I will kick off my shoes right then

I would be much more likely to go barefoot there in the future.

Would have no effect on me.

Do you think going barefoot has to be a fetish thing?

Anybody that goes barefoot has a fetish

For some

I see no connection whatsoever

Does seeing someone else barefoot seem sexy?

yes

no

only if they are a hottie

What do you like best about going barefoot in public?

I hate it all

I like getting my feet black

I like the feeling of going barefoot

I like the health benefits of barefoot

I like for people to see my feet

I like the comfort of bare feet

Shoes are never comfortable

It might get attention

If you had total control, would you go barefoot:

Never

Sometimes

Always-even in winter.

All summer long, or any warm day, no shoes for me!

When you are barefoot in a store, are you often hassled or it?

I don't go barefoot in stores

Never had a hassle

Have had hassles, but they are rare

I often have problems

I cannot go barefoot without trouble

Do you think guys ought to go barefoot all summer?

No

If they want some of the time

Yes!

What do you LEAST like about going barefoot (please check only one)?

Getting my feet dirty

The possibility of injury

Possible hassles from others

Hot pavement

Stepping on thorns

I think feet are ugly

Someone might think I am poor.

When you see a guy out and about town barefoot, who is well dressed, do you think:

If you have never gone barefoot in public, is it because: (check all that apply)

A guy I see in the mall going barefoot, who is well dressed, probably drives: (I sold my Bim mer and WON'T be buying another lemme-tell-ya!)

If you have gone barefoot, and have gotten grey or black bottomed feet, and you need to put your sneakers on.....

I don't go barefoot.

Would wash with soap and water.

Would kick thru a puddle.

I would wear socks to protect my shoes.

I don't care--put my feet right on in.

If you go to a public pool, as soon as you get out, do you..

When I leave, I put shoes on.

I leave barefoot--put on shoes in an hour or so.

I leave in flip-flops always.

I leave barefoot, and go barefoot about my business.

Did you know that it is medically proven that putting on shoes right after swimming in a public pool is a prime way to get athletes foot.

That is obviously a good way to culture fungus.

I never knew that.

Thanks for telling me, I leave barefoot now.

I don't care-I will still wear shoes out.

Wish I knew this before my feet rotted off.

I always wondered.

Do you think a person going barefoot in a store has anything to do with their socio-economic status?

Rich people can do want they want.

Poor people dont know better or have no shoes.

It is mostly middle-class ordinary folks.

It has to do with them being a weirdo, not money.

It has to do with where they live.

It is a kid thing.

It seems to be either rich, or poor, but not middle class folks who go barefoot in public.

It means nothing--just that they like their feet bare.

Do you put your feet on the coffee table?

If you go to someone's house, and, they ask you to remove your shoes...

They must be nuts--I go barefoot all the time.

I get mad.

I tell them forget it, and go right in, or leave.

I comply, but it is a hassle.

I am glad I can go barefoot.

When you are a guest in a house, do you put your feet on the coffee table...

No, even if they do.

If they put their feet up, I put mine right up.

I ask them if I can put my feet up since theirs are on the table.

I ask them if I can put my feet up, even if theirs are on the floor.

I assume it is all right, and just put my feet up, no matter how they sit.

I put my feet on the table only if invited.

During a great football game, do you kick your feet on the coffee table? (This is kick, not just put your feet on)

Never.

Always.

Sometimes, if the game is that good.

I want to, Mom won't let me.

We don't put our feet on the coffee table, much less kick it..

I have forgotten and kicked it once or twice.

I put my feet up on it, but don't kick the top.

If you are in college, do you go barefoot to class? (Go ahead and tell what you did if you graduated college)

Yeah I have in warm weather.

Always when whether permits.

Always do when I see some guy doing it first.

I have never gone barefoot to class, can't screw up the courage, though I want to.

I don't want to go to class barefoot.

I do not attend college.

I'd go to the library barefooted, no where else much though.

Do you think the law should be changed to guarantee you the right to go barefoot anywhere?

It is OK as is.

Going barefoot should be BANNED.

My right to going barefoot should be a law.

Were you aware there are real health benefits to going barefoot before you read this site?

No.

I read that--I do not believe it.

I think going barefoot is a hazard, no matter what they say.

Yes I knew there were health benefits.

Do you have a fetish about barefoot?

yes

no

sort of

not sure

Does the fact that you might be hassled for going barefoot in a store seem..

scary

annoyng

exciting

sexy

humiliating

impossible

like something you deserve for not being like everyone else

Do you put your feet up on: (Check all that apply)

Which is MORE socially acceptable, in your opinion, and assuming the guy in question is young and attractive?

A guy in the mall barefooted.

A guy in the mall shirtless.

In public places, do you....

Keep shoes and shirt on always

Go barefoot sometimes, but not shirtless

Go shirtless sometimes, but not barefoot

Go barefoot and shirtless together sometimes

Often go barefoot, shirtless, or both often.

Wear shirt & shoes and no pants

Is it more, less, or about the same in terms of social acceptability for a young guy to go barefoot in public rather than an older guy?

Older guys more acceptable

Younger guys more acceptable

Neither--base it on attractiveness.

If it were legal, would you go nude out and about your business?

Oh YEAH!!

What? With all the machinery and stuff whirrin'out there!?!?!?!

Ya heard of the ozone and cancer bud?

I would wear clothes, but my girl would be nekkid ALWAYS!

I don't think that would be too pretty.

Actually, I HAVE gone a few places in my boxers!

If you saw more young guys, who were attractive and prosperous and normal in appearance, going barefoot in stores etc., would it affect your habits on going barefoot in public?

Not really--I do my own thing no matter.

Yeah--I'd go barefoot more--it'd be like being given permission.

I think if I saw most guys going barefoot I would stop wearing shoes.

I would still wear shoes in public even if most of the other guys were barefooted.

If I saw even two or three guys welcome barefoot in say, a bookstore, I'd almost certainly start going barefoot there too.

I am in college, and always go barefoot to class and the library, etc. I have noticed once guys see me getting away with it, a lot of others shed their shoes too. Knowing you can "blaze a trail" like that, will it affect your public barefooting?

No--I need to conform. Someone else must blaze the trail.

Regardless of what others do, I'd wear shoes.

If I had more nerve, I would like to be a barefoot trailblazer.

I'M DOIN' IT--I AM GONNA BLAZE THAT TRAIL TODAY!

If I saw just one guy in class, a store, the mall, McDonalds, etc, who was getting away with going barefoot, I would start going barefoot too.

In some cultures, showing the bottom of the foot is a serious breach. For instance, in Thailand it is almost illegal, esp. in temples. So when visiting you have to remember sometimes you can't put your feet up on the table. If you like to put your feet up on the furniture are you: (please skip if you do not put feet on furntiure such as coffee tables, etc.)

Do/Did you go barefoot in stores with your parents?

Yes my parents were fine with it.

I went barefoot in stores with them, but they did not like it.

I'd never go barefoot in a store with my parents, but I do it often with friends or by myself.

I don't go barefoot in stores regardless.

I tend to only go barefoot in stores when alone.

I usually only go barefoot in a store if I'm with a friend.

My parents often go barefoot in public so its no big deal to them.

A friend comes over to visit. Assume you often put your feet on the coffee table, but right now they are on the floor. When he walks in, his feet drop onto the table the minute he sits down. Even though you put your feet there, would you care for his being on the table?

Only my feet I want on my table.

I don't know why, but it would make me mad.

I want my friends to put their feet on the furniture and relax and be comfortable.

Imagine this scene: A tornado warning says a tornado is coming, and you are at a store. A teenage boy, blonde hair over the ears, wearing cutoff jeans and a Polo shirt, comes up to you. His feet are bare, and you can see that they are very black on the bottoms. He is so scared he is almost about to cry. He asks you for help--to take him to his house or yours to get him to shelter.

Let the kid die--anybody barefoot in a store should.

Let him die--shoes or not.

Take him, but be uncomfortable because his being barefooted makes you not trust him.

Take him, and you are more comfortable because you feel like his being barefooted means he's probably safe.

Try to tell him he is safe, and get to safety yourself, no matter what happens to him.

Take him home, tell him he's cute, and have your way with him.

Tell yourself somebody else can deal with him, even tho you are all that is around.

Almost everybody I know likes to put their feet on the coffee table. (If you don't put your feet up there, skip this question) If you had family and guests sitting around, all with their feet on the table, to get to your seat,

I'd tromp over everybody's legs trying to get seated.

I'd just not even try to sit there.

I'd crawl under the coffee table to get to the empty seat.

I'd ask everybody to take their feet off the table till I could get seated.

I'd just walk across the coffee table top to my seat.

I'd just sit on the coffee table.

When you see a well dressed young guy out, and he's barefooted with really black feet, do you think that his feet being black are:

really neat looking

totally cool

nasty

really sexy

a sign he's probably not very clean

don't think much about it one way or other

unpleasant, mildly, to look at

Ever danced on the coffee (or other) table?

Yeah--lots of times.

I do it all the time--by myself.

I use it as a stage to sing and stuff.

I have done a "Risky Business" Tom Cruise type in my underwear.

No, never tried it.

Yes, but just once.

I danced on something else, like couch.

Assume in a store/restaurant a teenage handsome blonde boy in jeans, a Polo shirt, nicely styled hair--and bare feet. Assume also that a 40 year old is there, also barefoot, wearing the same clothes, looking prosperous and clean, but overweight, and while not ugly, is not handsome. Be honest--say what you really think, NOT what is politcally correct.

I'd approve the guys equally.

I'd disapprove both guys equally.

The cute blonde boy is OK barefoot, the fat guy is not.

The fat middle-aged guy looks just as good barefooted as the cute blonde boy.

The boy should be allowed in, the old guy thrown out.

They both should be allowed in, but the older guy seems yucky barefooted, while it makes the cute kid cuter.

Do you go barefoot on dates?

Often

never

a few times

often to her house or casual places only

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