# Your Gender, Height, & Shoe Size? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 13, 2007, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827 "2007-12-13T07:09:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827/41 "2007-12-13T13:59:10Z")
Female 8 5’6" ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827/42 "2007-12-13T14:07:55Z")
Female 9.5 5’8" ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827/43 "2007-12-13T14:14:25Z")
female 8.5 5’7" Yes, my feet have grown about a full size since I was 25 (and childless). ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827/44 "2007-12-13T14:14:46Z")
Female 10 5’9" ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827/45 "2007-12-13T14:27:59Z")
F 11AA (narrow) 5’6" ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827/46 "2007-12-13T14:29:58Z")
OKay, what is this “A” thing people keep putting after their shoe size? Is this an Amurrikan thing? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827/47 "2007-12-13T14:31:35Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] OKay, what is this “A” thing people keep putting after their shoe size? Is this an Amurrikan thing? [/QUOTE] AA means narrow, only in fewer letters for us lazy people. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827/48 "2007-12-13T14:39:33Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] Any other women out there get bigger feet after childbirth? [/QUOTE] I went up half a size after having kids. Female Shoe size 7.5 Height 5’2" ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827/49 "2007-12-13T14:45:22Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] AA means narrow, only in fewer letters for us lazy people. [/QUOTE] Ah, okay. Thanks. I didn’t know they made shoes in “narrow” sizes. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827/50 "2007-12-13T14:49:12Z")
Female 5’4" 9.5AA (otherwise known as “skis”) ---
**Author:** ![Amygdala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Amygdala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amygdala)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827/51 "2007-12-13T14:56:30Z")
Female 9 5’3" Thought I’d throw in some “short person with big feet” data. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827/52 "2007-12-13T15:03:16Z")
Male 11.5 6’1" ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827/53 "2007-12-13T15:04:20Z")
Male 5’11.75" (although I can’t get anyone to believe I’m under 6’1"!!!) size 13 ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827/54 "2007-12-13T15:07:06Z")
Female 11 6’ 1/2" ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827/55 "2007-12-13T15:08:27Z")
Male, 13, 6’2". ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827/56 "2007-12-13T15:14:38Z")
Male, 12, 5’ 9" ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827/57 "2007-12-13T15:16:51Z")
Male 14 6’4" and a smidge ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827/58 "2007-12-13T15:22:12Z")
myself: female, size 9, 5’- 6" tall. **Kalhoun** I always heard that foot-size-growing thing was due to the ligaments stretching out while pregnant. Mine grew a half size. Hubby data: male, size 13, 6’ - 5" tall. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827/59 "2007-12-13T15:27:25Z")
Male 9Wide (although I have the same problem as **betenoir** , I used to wear a 7.5, but my feet are so wide that now I have to go up a few sizes to get shoes that fit, and live with the fact that there’s going to be extra space in front of my toes) 5’ 6" ---
**Author:** ![Galwegian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galwegian/32/3426_2.png) [@Galwegian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galwegian)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827/60 "2007-12-13T15:30:36Z")
Elfkin477, have you enough data yet? Is your hypothesis proven? Actually, what is your hypothesis? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827.md?page=4)