“Why do girls have so many shoes?”

While not every girl has a catalog of shoes in her closet, it is true in my experience that the average girl has more shoes than the average boy. Let’s break this down:

• Boys have dress shoes, gym shoes, and sandals.
• Girls have dress shoes, gym shoes, and sandals.

It just so happens, however, that girls wear skirts, shorts, and capris (in addition to pants) and all of those show off shoes more than pants do, which means that the type of shoe worn is pretty important. That means that girls have to have shoes that vary in color, size, and style, as well as type, in order to avoid a major mismatch between shoe and outfit. And while you might think the number of shoes in a girl’s closet is ridiculous, I have to say that I have known boys who had just as many: tennis shoes, bowling shoes, cleats, running shoes, cross-trainers, water sandals, hiking sandals, dress shoes in brown and black, flip-flops…