footwear
Footwear is the generic term for any type of covering for a person's feet . Today, this includes both shoes and stockings in different forms.
The original purpose of footwear was to protect against environmental influences, which could primarily affect movement in the terrain. This completed the body clothing of modern humans to the overall picture of the clothing style common since ancient times . Already in the ancient times, the design of footwear made a statement about the social hierarchical position of the wearer, which developed into a fashionable aspect in modern times. The footwear is therefore an essential part of the overall clothing and, in interaction with the rest of the clothing, reflects the culture of the respective society or social group.
The wearing of footwear, together with bodywear, has been the socially conditioned normal case since early antiquity . At present, certain social contexts have certain conventions with regard to the required or expected footwear. For example, in the context of business clothing (so-called business clothing), open-toe shoes do not meet the general expectation even with women and should be avoided in business contexts.
If a person does not wear footwear, he is barefoot or barefoot. In contrast to the shod-footed appearance, barefootness has been uncommon in social contexts since ancient times, and is therefore considered to be inconsistent and is usually perceived as noticeable. The practice of certain sports such as judo , swimming or the like is an exception to this, which is limited to the respective event. In private contexts, however, depending on social conventions, relaxation of the required footwear may apply. Due to the societal unusualness, the complete removal of footwear was often used in the past with the aim of indicating the personal lack of freedom of the person concerned. The lack of footwear is therefore still used today in many countries as an external sign of imprisonment (see in detail barefootedness # imprisonment ).
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- ↑ Etiquette in the office. In: www.sekretaria.de.