# Socks or No Socks? (Girlie stuff) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 4, 2001, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-or-no-socks-girlie-stuff/96863 "2001-12-04T17:42:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oreo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c57346/32.png) [@Oreo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oreo)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-or-no-socks-girlie-stuff/96863/1 "2001-12-04T17:42:54Z")
So tomorrow I get to go do that fun thing we girls get to do: a visit to the OBGYN and the stirrup brigade. I always debate with myself when I go through this ritual of modern torture whether or not to remove my socks. On the one hand, I feel pretty silly sitting there in socks only, and socks, whether black or white, just seem to emphasize how pastey-white my legs are. (Especially under those god-awful florescent lights.) One the other hand, my feet get cold, dammit! And if I go sockless, that means I have to give myself a pedicure tonight. (Although I’m not sure that’s such a bad thing.) So what do the rest of you ladies do? ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-or-no-socks-girlie-stuff/96863/2 "2001-12-04T19:07:22Z")
I keep the socks on! I figure, I’ve already forfeited any chance of looking suave and dignified the instant I put on that open-front robe and get up on the table, so I might as well keep my feet warm. ---
**Author:** ![tisiphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tisiphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tisiphone)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-or-no-socks-girlie-stuff/96863/3 "2001-12-04T19:14:55Z")
Socks on, pretty much for the same reasons **Rosebud** does. Besides, it ain’t yer legs he’s gonna be looking at… ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-or-no-socks-girlie-stuff/96863/4 "2001-12-04T19:16:06Z")
I agree completely with Rosebud. I just wanted to add that my gynecologist puts potholders on her stirrups. Isn’t that cute? ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-or-no-socks-girlie-stuff/96863/5 "2001-12-04T19:25:40Z")
I make my appointments for during lunch or after work so I’m usually wearing pantyhose and I have to take them off (of course) and go bare foot. My gyno does have socks _over_ the stirrups and that helps. I should start bringing a pair of socks with me when I go… I get tired of having cold feet. ---
**Author:** ![Zazie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Zazie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zazie)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-or-no-socks-girlie-stuff/96863/6 "2001-12-04T19:54:29Z")
Am I the only one to take my socls off?! I just figure I am all naked and only socks is pretty weird… so I take it all out!!! I always have cold feet anyway! ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-or-no-socks-girlie-stuff/96863/7 "2001-12-04T20:59:17Z")
I was just there Saturday, and left the socks on. It’s cold in there, and sometimes you have to sit there nekkid wrapped in a paper towel for a half hour. My ob/gyn has little pot-holder things on the stirrups, but my feet get cold easily, so the socks stay on. Being there reminded me of a conversation I had with a man I was involved with a while back - we joked about getting an old table w/stirrups so he could go down on me for 4 hours without him getting a crick in his neck. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-or-no-socks-girlie-stuff/96863/8 "2001-12-04T22:47:36Z")
Why not bring those tube-like leg warmer things and bunny slippers? Might as well be as comfy as possible under the circumstances. PS- I was told that a woman’s least favorite word is “scoot”. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-or-no-socks-girlie-stuff/96863/9 "2001-12-04T22:56:41Z")
I keep my socks on… I even put a sweater on over the paper gown once because the doctor was taking forever to see me and I was freezing. White paper gown/black cardigan, black socks - snazzy!! ---
**Author:** ![greenlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@greenlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greenlady)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-or-no-socks-girlie-stuff/96863/10 "2001-12-04T23:06:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rysdad \* > > I was told that a woman’s least favorite word is “scoot”. Oh…gawd…thanx for the memories. Socks here. Like someone said, the doc’s not there to look at/exam your feet. May as well be as comfy as possible in the (usually) cold examination room. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-or-no-socks-girlie-stuff/96863/11 "2001-12-05T02:23:19Z")
Socks! Do you girls groom the bikini line before you go? I don’t bother. (Hey, that would be an interesting thread!) ---
**Author:** ![Mogwei22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@Mogwei22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mogwei22)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-or-no-socks-girlie-stuff/96863/12 "2001-12-05T02:28:02Z")
Socks on, although I’m painfully aware of them the whole time. I’m feeling a bit silly now though, I always put those silly napkin dresses on with the opening at the back. ---
**Author:** ![Oncle\_Biere\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Oncle\_Biere\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oncle_Biere_1)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-or-no-socks-girlie-stuff/96863/13 "2001-12-05T02:47:20Z")
I’m so shy I wear sox at the podiatrist’s. 😃