# Why do porn stars always wear socks and shoes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 21, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-porn-stars-always-wear-socks-and-shoes/83071 "2001-09-21T19:25:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NightRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-porn-stars-always-wear-socks-and-shoes/83071/1 "2001-09-21T19:25:35Z")
I don’t get it. I don’t see how a naked woman wearing socks and mary janes is any sexier than a woman who takes off her socks and shoes… in fact, it disturbs me when they have shoes on… what’s the point?!? ---
**Author:** ![Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-porn-stars-always-wear-socks-and-shoes/83071/2 "2001-09-21T19:28:55Z")
Maybe so they can run away when the vice cops show up? Or maybe, if arrested for some reason, they coudl claim they were not entirely naked? ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-porn-stars-always-wear-socks-and-shoes/83071/3 "2001-09-21T19:30:25Z")
Would YOU want to walk on those floors barefoot? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Mojo\_the\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Mojo\_the\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo_the_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-porn-stars-always-wear-socks-and-shoes/83071/4 "2001-09-21T19:31:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NightRabbit \* > \*\*I don’t get it. I don’t see how a naked woman wearing socks and mary janes is any sexier than a woman who takes off her socks and shoes… in fact, it disturbs me when they have shoes on… what’s the point?!? \*\* Porn sets often have quite dirty floors. Throughout the course of action in a scene, it is quite likely that you’ll end up seeing the bottom of the actress’ feet. Dirty feet are considered by most (but certainly not all) to be quite unsexy. Shoes keep her feet from looking dirty. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-porn-stars-always-wear-socks-and-shoes/83071/5 "2001-09-21T19:36:21Z")
Mojo: That makes **way** too much sense. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-porn-stars-always-wear-socks-and-shoes/83071/6 "2001-09-21T19:46:54Z")
Traction ---
**Author:** ![Wump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed655f/32.png) [@Wump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wump)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-porn-stars-always-wear-socks-and-shoes/83071/7 "2001-09-21T19:52:53Z")
Is there really a sexy way to take off socks and shoes?? I don’t think taking them off with teeth, like you would underwear, is really a hot option… it’s just akward. And the thing Mojo said bout the floors… ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-porn-stars-always-wear-socks-and-shoes/83071/8 "2001-09-21T19:54:27Z")
You wanna see some serious socks and shoes, check out my site. Only it’s the MEN… with loafers, knee his and leg garters in many cases. And often, to top it all off, a mask! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-porn-stars-always-wear-socks-and-shoes/83071/9 "2001-09-21T19:57:01Z")
Athlete’s foot is the plague of the industry. Nobody knows the depth of the heartbreak. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-porn-stars-always-wear-socks-and-shoes/83071/10 "2001-09-21T20:00:26Z")
And here I thought it was for **some** warmth… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-porn-stars-always-wear-socks-and-shoes/83071/11 "2001-09-21T20:17:35Z")
It’s so that they have something “left” to share with their significant others that’s still “personal”. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-porn-stars-always-wear-socks-and-shoes/83071/12 "2001-09-21T20:33:18Z")
I was recently asked by a friend to takes some “tasteful nudes.” I did a few of her in the shower - the waterproof housing was an excellent investment 😃 - but I didn’t think she looked her best with soap in her eyes so I moved her over to the sofa after she got hair and makeup taken care of. We were going for something like Kate Winslet on the divan in _Titanic_ but IMHO I had a much better model to work with. I was probably the only one who thought Rose was too skinny. Anyway I did ask if she wanted to wear heels and she just laughed becuse it was such a convention in porno. She has quite pretty feet so it was no loss to have her barefoot. The pictures came out great but she’s convinced she looks like Jabba the Hutt. :rolleyes: I swear that if I ever meet a woman who actually likes her body I will friggin’ die of shock. I thought she looked more like Carrier Fisher in her slavegirl getup but I’m an admitted neanderthal so what do I know? ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-porn-stars-always-wear-socks-and-shoes/83071/13 "2001-09-21T20:52:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mojo the Monkey \* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by NightRabbit \* > > \*\*I don’t get it. I don’t see how a naked woman wearing socks and mary janes is any sexier than a woman who takes off her socks and shoes… in fact, it disturbs me when they have shoes on… what’s the point?!? \*\* > > \*\*Porn sets often have quite dirty floors. Throughout the course of action in a scene, it is quite likely that you’ll end up seeing the bottom of the actress’ feet. Dirty feet are considered by most (but certainly not all) to be quite unsexy. Shoes keep her feet from looking dirty. \*\* **Mojo** and **Sue Duhnym** are pretty much right on the money. Porn sets are often dusty or dirty, and in some cases are hastily constructed, so you have the dual threat of unsightly dirty foot-bottoms, _plus_ the added danger of stepping on one of the construction left-overs: nails, splinters, or glass (think broken light bulbs). There is another angle, however, and that is the shoe fetish. There is a huge, if not at least partly subconscious market, for women in nice (usually high-heeled) shoes. This isn’t exactly what **NightRabbit** is talking about, but often times you’ll see the porn bunnies in nylons and or high heels, but with little or nothing else on. These help accentuate the calves of the women wearing them, so are often left as part of the fantasy. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-porn-stars-always-wear-socks-and-shoes/83071/14 "2001-09-21T21:02:33Z")
Perhaps if they had to do all the shoots starting with the woman (or man) taking down her hose, they would have to include the cost of riped hose in the “actress’” pay? As for guys. well, nothing says “I’ll dead sexy!” like athletic socks on a hedgehog. ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-porn-stars-always-wear-socks-and-shoes/83071/15 "2001-09-21T21:50:00Z")
Thinksnow says: As for guys. well, nothing says “I’ll dead sexy!” like athletic socks on a hedgehog. ## What on earth does that mean? ---
**Author:** ![Lateralus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@Lateralus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lateralus)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-porn-stars-always-wear-socks-and-shoes/83071/16 "2001-09-21T21:55:43Z")
\*\*Thinksnow says: As for guys. well, nothing says “I’ll dead sexy!” like athletic socks on a hedgehog. What on earth does that mean?\*\* I think he meant “I’m dead sexy!”. Lateral ---
**Author:** ![dobbinaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@dobbinaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dobbinaire)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-porn-stars-always-wear-socks-and-shoes/83071/17 "2001-09-21T22:29:02Z")
Do ya’s mommas know y’all are watching this stuff?? 😉 And **thinksnow** ’s typo? Well I had to read **stoid** ’s twice… > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stoid \* > **… knee his…** 'cause the first time I thought 'knee his _what_??? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-porn-stars-always-wear-socks-and-shoes/83071/18 "2001-09-22T00:20:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Traction Blaze? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-porn-stars-always-wear-socks-and-shoes/83071/19 "2001-09-22T00:29:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stoid \* > \*\*You wanna see some serious socks and shoes, check out my site. Only it’s the MEN… with loafers, knee his and leg garters in many cases. And often, to top it all off, a mask! \*\* While Stoid’s site sounds very interesting, this has **got** to be the world’s worst advertisement. Naked men in loafer’s and black socks? Surely even the gay guys are retching. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-porn-stars-always-wear-socks-and-shoes/83071/20 "2001-09-22T02:53:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*Lateralus \*\* > **Thinksnow** says: > As for guys. well, nothing says “I’ll dead sexy!” like athletic socks on a hedgehog. > > * * * > > What on earth does that mean? > > * * * > > I think he meant “I’m dead sexy!” Yeah, typo. As for the “hedgehog,” you’d have to watch porn to get it, ask around about Ron Jeremy 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-porn-stars-always-wear-socks-and-shoes/83071.md?page=2)