Sock Inequities
I have been silent too long. It is time to speak my mind on a matter most pressing. Guy socks come in every length from footie to thigh high, but in far to few colors. Yes, I suppose that between medium blue and indigo there is an infinite number of shades of blue, just enough to keep your socks from matching for all of time. Same with white to black, same with tan through taupe. You can also have any pattern you want, so long as it is paisley or squares. When I was a kid I spent hours with my father's socks trying to separate the different shades of burgundy, gray, and dark blue. One bad decision on my part, and dad got teased at work for having a colorblind wife. No one actually believed that a child could be made to match socks. I was mixing and matching in defense of my mother's very pride!
Meanwhile, women's socks come in all of the same lengths of men's socks but in all the colors of the world, plus every pattern imaginable. Why the inequity? I can buy a florescent colored shirt, why can't I have matching socks to go with it? In fact, I have a bunch of brightly colored shirts that need matching socks and my choices are white, or mismatched shades of not quite black. Where is the equity in that?
Tell you what I am going to do though, I am going to have to replace many of my socks soon. Far too much of my sock drawer has found religion and become (w)holier than thou foot can bare. The day of reckoning for my tootsies draws nigh, and I will have to shop for socks again.
When I do, I won't be in the men's department. Turquoise is my Shepard, I shall not want navy.
