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by curlywhirrly on October 20th, 2004

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What is the relationship between height and shoe size?

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  • by Topher on August 9th, 2005

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    Tough to say much more than "the taller you are, the larger feet you 'should' have".

    Let me give you some examples. I have a friends brother who is 6' 10". You can find him in a crowd anyday, but his shoe size is mens 11. I have another friend who is barely 5' 10", if that. (I think he lies about the height) but his shoe size is a 13, maybe a 14 now.
    More examples of the lack of relationship between shoe and height: My mother knows someone 5'10" with a size 8 shoe and someone else 5'6" with a size 10 shoe. She didn't tell me much more.

    As an average rule of thumb, (no fact, just what I have concluded) the average man has a size 10-12 shoe size. The average woman has a size 7-8 shoe in womens, 5-6 in mens.

    Average man height is 5' 10"
    Average woman height is 5' 6"

    Now remember, that this is just the average.

    It is said that in China they used to tie womens feet with rope or cord when the woman was between the ages of 6-8. This made it so that when the woman grew, her feet would stay the same size and not reach that size 7-8 shoe potential. "Why?", you may ask yourself. Well, they said it was to make them "pretty" but in reality was so the women couldn't leave the house.

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    • The average man is NOT 5'10--the average man is 5'8 and the average woman would be about 5'5.

      Answers101

      by Answers101 on March 4th, 2006

    • actually, the NEW average height for men is 5'9 1/2 and the new average for women is 5'4.

      Anonymous

      by Anonymous on July 3rd, 2007

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