Shoes are all over the news this week. Firstly there's the custody battle between the divorcing couple Daniel and Beth Shak. Not happy with tearing apart the lives of children or even pets, if Mr Shak has his way he will gain custody of his share of hs wife's $1 million, 1,200 pair shoe collection.
My heart goes out for all the baby Louboutin, shuffled from home to home, one weekend at daddy's next weekend with mummy, having to deal with step-parents, maybe even future half-siblings.
Are they even his size I ask myself.
The university of Kansas recently published research showing that we can guess up to 90% of personal characteristics based on looking at people's shoes.
Age, gender and income can all be guessed by spying on footwear, but also characteristics such as introversion/extroversion, as well as politic leanings. So, based on this study we can see the following;
Scruffy/hippy sandals belong to liberal thinkers
Brand new/well kept shoes belong to those with attachment anxiety, who find it difficult to form close relationships
Boring shoes belong to the aloof, people who repress emotions
Practical/functional shoes belong to agreable, easy going people
Flash colours belong to extroverts
Ankle boots belong to people prone to aggression
Uncomfortable shoes belong to calm people
That's great and I can see the logic behind it, the problem is that I, like yourself I should imagine, own different pairs of shoes, obviously a case of split personality disorder.
I'm obviously an extrovert, who is never calm, veering towards agression in Autumn,with an outbreak of liberal views in the summer, thankfully I usually remain functional and practical.
With all this research it's easy to see where the divorce came from.
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