From: Linda Wright
Subject: Re: Health Risk?
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 08:08:06 -0400


Door-knobs, handrails, telephones, computer keyboards all pose a health
risk. When I shared a telephone and computer keyboard with other people
I usually cleaned it first before using it, simply because I was sick so
much from picking up germs. Hands provide much more of a health risk
than feet. 

The only way I can think of that you would have a health problem from
feet would be if you were diabetic and cut your foot, if you cut your
foot with something rusty or stepped on an infected needle and then did
not take the proper care of the wound. I think most people have as much
of a chance to lose a toe as a finger, depending on the line of work.

There are probably many reasons why people view barefeet the way they
do, and mask the real reason behind the "health risk" excuse. At one
time a woman wearing a dress that showed her ankles was being
promiscuious. Not having shoes to wear was a sign of poverty. People who
did not wear shoes were considered savages or uncivilized.And the list
goes on.

In my opinion, people who wear shoes all of the time are inhibited for
one reason or another.  



LJ Wright
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/3157/