We can theorize and come up with intelligible answers, but we really can't boil them down to one single one that's right.
The fact is, that the barefoot woman, as an image, is more enduring than any other social image.
When Taylor Swift (left) appeared in her video for her song "15", she was barefoot-the song was a huge hit and it made no difference that the audience of focus, when we specifically refer to lyrics, was teenage girls.
Today, an ever-more-popular image of the empowered woman is a woman doing Yoga. Yoga, of course, is always practiced barefoot.
Yogi and professional Yoga Teacher Paula Van Alstine poses in Uthitta Hasta Padangusthasana (left) and Astravakrasana (right)
Yoga is a force of positive empowerment becasue it helps a person, female or male, find a sense of self and true inner strength, so no matter how others see us, we like how we see ourselves.
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