Men Shouldn't Wear Flip-Flops, But Not Because Feet Are Gross

It's summer, the season when the internet asks itself whether or not men who wear flip-flops are inhuman beast-slobs or irresistible sex magnets. The ladies of The Cut hashed it out. Men's Fitness investigated. Mashable and the Telegraph each wrote a hit piece, and bipartisan Birchbox provided both sides of the argument. There seems to be no gray area: You're either for men in flip-flops or against it, and The Huffington Post newsroom is no different. "I like to think I'm an open-minded person," said Noah Michelson, executive editor of our Queer Voices section. "But if I show up for a blind date and the guy I'm meeting is wearing flip-flops and jeans, I'm leaving." Viral news editor Hilary Hanson is "pro-everyone in flip-flops. I honestly do not understand the hate that flip-flops receive as compared with other sandals." For Melissa Radzimski, social editor for HuffPost Entertainment, wearing flip-flops is "like walking around barefoot, begging for you to get dirty feet, and then flaunting your dirty feet to the world as if it's something to be proud of. We must do better." Truth is, there's never been a consensus -- there's always going to be one vote for "men should wear whatever they want" to match every person who thinks a guy's feet are hideous and should be hidden forever. But the aesthetic argument is missing the point. As Voices culture writer Zeba Blay said, "No one should be wearing flip-flops ever." She's right. Men shouldn't wear flip-flo...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news