# ladies: eew or ooh? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 9, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395 "2002-12-09T00:48:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/41 "2002-12-22T03:08:59Z")
I wear Birkenstocks exclusively except when it’s snowing. I have huge patches of elephant skin on the tops of my feet from sitting on them against the upholstery of my desk chair. I try to keep my toenails trimmed when they start snagging on the bedsheets. I put on polish once every few years. Who is lusting after me now? ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/42 "2002-12-22T05:39:57Z")
I’m another one who’d be thunderstruck if anyone were to profess an attraction to my feet. My cousin and I have, in fact, decided that I have “Spammy feet”. (Actually, I came up with it, but he liked it, so I’ll give him some credit.). They are pinkish, utterly flat, and rectangular. They have zero muscle tone. They could, I believe, very well be mistaken for two loaves of Spam attached to my ankles. Not the feet dreams are made of. ---
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/43 "2002-12-22T06:41:02Z")
[slight hijack] The foot as a fetish is a ticklish subject, no? Beautiful feet are okay with me (male) but I would tend to think of them as mostly pedestrian. Hopefully they are not dirty or stinky. Long, green, curly nails are a turnoff. :eek I believe I would be reticent to put someone else’s feet in my mouth. I dunno. [/slight hijack] ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/44 "2002-12-22T08:43:06Z")
I only put people’s feet in my mouth if they’re fresh from a shower/bath. Then it’s no big deal. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/45 "2002-12-22T13:57:55Z")
To blandly answer the OP, I would find it very understandably, and kind of refreshingly original, if a guy could see the beauty of feet. I like feet and hands myself, because they are so individual and expressive and sensitive. And visible! I like to manicure and massage hands and feet, of friends and relatives because it’s so intimate, without getting sexual. And people are usually so grateful. I agree with capybara and tmwster about the fetish thing, though. And about the lovely opportunities for foot-rubs, too! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/46 "2002-12-22T15:46:22Z")
In my 20+ years in the field of health care I can say that I have seen some feet that would literally make you want to run screaming from the room. I have taken care of many diabetic feet with deep wounds and ulcers and toes needing to be amputated. Now I realize that a lot of those problems are a result of poor circulation and it is not the person’s fault if a wound develops. It’s the people with perfectly good feet who never wash them, trim the nails or apply lotion that annoy me. As a result I tend to be a bit of a foot care snob. I notice if the toenails are long and jagged, the callouses that are thick and cracking and the stinking cracking peeling gunk between the toes. I more annoyed than need be by toenail polish that has nearly grown off but not removed or changed. Because I may spend 16 hours a day on my feet running the halls, I have to take care of my feet. One ingrown toenail or blister can make a 16 hour day seem like 60. I wash and dry my feet thoroughly every day and wear proper fitting shoes. I refuse to wear shoes that rub blisters or callouses. I go barefoot whenever possible but I will wear a pair of high heeled sandals on occasion. My size 7 1/2 EE feet may not be dainty but they are clean, callous free and pedicured. I have no bunions or ingrown toenails and I think it is all due to the fact that I take care of them. I always wear one little gold toe ring and often a gold anklet. People please take care of your feet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395.md?page=2)