# Ankle socks for men?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ankle-socks-for-men/284961
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 16, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ankle-socks-for-men/284961 "2005-01-16T02:09:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ankle-socks-for-men/284961/41 "2005-01-17T01:36:40Z")
That’s it, Peds! The ones for men are exactly the same. Minus the bonbon, perhaps.
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### Author:  [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ankle-socks-for-men/284961/42 "2005-01-17T03:14:17Z")
I like to wear one when I’m working on my tan. 😛
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### Author:  [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ankle-socks-for-men/284961/43 "2005-01-17T05:06:52Z")
I wear ankle socks and nothing else. My mosterously overly-developed calves don’t fit into regular socks. 😃
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### Author:  [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ankle-socks-for-men/284961/44 "2005-01-17T05:08:01Z")
Eh, _monsterously_, not _mosterously_. I really should go to bed.
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### Author:  [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ankle-socks-for-men/284961/45 "2005-01-17T06:45:28Z")
> [@mangeorge](#):
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> I do hope you realize that there _are_ big , hulking weenies and little jock men. Right?
_snerk_ Yes, I know several. I know a big hulking weenie who wears knee socks and argyles only. :dubious:
Then again, my rail thin brother decided he was tired of being picked on, learned some kind of martial arts (tai chi? Tae Kwon do? Karate? I don’t know, wasn’t paying attention)… but then, he doesn’t wear socks at all. :dubious:
Where am I going with this? Only this smiley knows: :dubious:
> [@](#):
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> I assure you, there are a lot of men around here liberated enough to wear them sissy socks. A _lot_. There are a few who wear dresses.
Actually, much as I defend my husband and his family, I do still find it pretty funny. I would _pay_ to see hubby in a dress, though. Except that he refuses to wear even a kilt. Maybe I should threaten to take his precious ankle socks away? Or maybe that’s just it: the ankle socks just don’t go well with the family tartan.
That’s it. It takes a real man to wear a kilt, for certain. I’m going to go buy him some knee highs and a good [merkin](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_232.html) . _d&r_
Alright, alright already! A sporran! A _sporran_!
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### Author:  [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ankle-socks-for-men/284961/46 "2005-01-17T06:53:18Z")
What’s the big deal? Ankle socks are practically all I wear.
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### Author:  [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ankle-socks-for-men/284961/47 "2005-01-17T09:01:33Z")
> [@mangeorge](#):
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> Neah.
> Oh, you mean in _per_son? 😉
> :eek:
You know, for some reason I missed this the first time through. And I actually had intended to write “_in person_”, and forgot to do so.
And so, since I didn’t specify, I must complement on the size of your mega huevos. Wow. What mega huevos. I. am. impressed. I quiver in amazement. My husband quivers in his girly ankle socks.
But only you. From here on out, I meant _in person_.
😃
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### Author:  [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ankle-socks-for-men/284961/48 "2005-01-17T09:23:45Z")
_Monstrously,_ actually.
I like those little ankle socks, except that I have big ol’ feet so the women’s version doesn’t really fit me right. The men’s do quite nicely. They don’t have pompoms on them, though. ☹
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### Author:  [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ankle-socks-for-men/284961/49 "2005-01-17T18:50:54Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#):
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> I wear ankle socks and nothing else. My mosterously overly-developed calves don’t fit into regular socks. 😃
Ditto! 😃
I just wanted to add one thing though. I’m a guy who wears a size 9 shoe. When I buy ankle socks (the really low ones), the men’s come in the generic “size 8-17” package. If I wear these, not only do they go above my ankle, but now I have a huge fabric heal cup sticking out of the top of my shoe! WTF. My solution, I buy kids socks. They cost less and fit better. I just have to keep **OhFace** from stealing them (she’s a size 3 or something).
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### Author:  [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2005, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ankle-socks-for-men/284961/50 "2005-01-18T00:17:36Z")
Better than wearing white tube socks that make a guy look like a 1977 high school dweeb. Arnold never wore ankle socks? Probably because they were too gay. As opposed to wearing nothing but a speedo and mineral oil. Uh-huh. **mangeorge**. feel free to come shooting with me any time. In the summer I usually do action shooting in cargo shorts, cross training shoes and non-bonbon ankle socks. Feel free to make fun of them. 😃
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