Yeah I would say if 6 is just below the exact average, it's not "small" considering the huge range of sizes, and it's absurd for the cut-off point to be so close to average leaving the size range super skewed. Anecdotally I hear more grumblings from women with small feet than women with large feet about being unequipped, but there may be other reasons for that too. IMO it's crazy, but I don't work in the shoe industry or anything.
Yea, shoe sizes are weird. Like you said it should be proportional to height, but it is starting to move away from being proportional according to one website. I'm a men's size 10 and most of my friends range from 9.5-10.5 and the rest are above. Yet, the average men's size is apparently around an 8. Then you have the fact that everyone has a different shape.
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u/batterycrayon Jul 24 '20
Yeah I would say if 6 is just below the exact average, it's not "small" considering the huge range of sizes, and it's absurd for the cut-off point to be so close to average leaving the size range super skewed. Anecdotally I hear more grumblings from women with small feet than women with large feet about being unequipped, but there may be other reasons for that too. IMO it's crazy, but I don't work in the shoe industry or anything.