The Agony Of Da Feet

04 Thursday Dec 2014

Posted by Bangkokbois in Smells Like Science

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These feet were made for walking.

Ya know what they say about a man with big feet. But shoe size doesn’t just mean a happy super-sized ending. At least not just for you. ‘Cuz those who walk large, walk all over the place too. According to IllicitEncounters.com, a nefarious online dating website for married folks seeking a bit of hanky panky on the side, guys with big feet are big cheaters. And if anyone should know, it’s the membership of a website dedicated to laying anyone and everyone who isn’t their partner.

According to David Perrett, a specialist in psychology and neuroscience at the University of St. Andrews, men with big feet may cheat more often, but it’s not their fault. It’s just that in all things, size matters. “Body proportions are related and big shoes will likely mean a bigger, taller body,” he says. “Body stature will relate to personality. Size will enable individuals to dominate in social situations. Dominance itself may open opportunities for affairs.”

And the 3,100 men who participated in IllicitEncounters’ survey agreed. The site’s research matched gentlemen’s shoe sizes against the percentage of guys seeking extramarital affairs. What researchers found was that guys with feet larger than size 10 are three times more likely to cheat on their partners than those with size seven to nine. And while men may lie, numbers seldom do.

IllicitEncounters found that 18 percent of their membership had size seven feet. Of that 18 percent, just 4 percent reported that they would cheat on their partner. By contrast, 22 percent with size 11 shoes and 16 percent with sizes 12 to 13 shoes said that they would consider being unfaithful. That number probably would have been higher, but a lot of the guys with big feet were busy knocking one off with some stranger.

Of course IllicitEncounters’ research may be faulty. Because even though it’s a common misconception that you can predict the size of a man’s penis by observing his shoe size – when we all know that’s what the size of his package is for – no one really wants to risk ruining their relationship by cheating with a shorty. So it may not be that guys with big feet cheat more, but just that they have more opportunities for doing so.