Well here's the thing.. this is where the argument comes back to conforming with the asshole norm. I don't see why we should do what is socially acceptable just because it is socially acceptable. Why do we fear comming acts that are socially unacceptable? It's crap.
Also to the lady that mentioned getting bacteria or whatever by going barefoot.. who cares? Anything and everything will kill you these days, according to every new study published on any number of topics. Just live your life and say 'fuck it' to what society tells you to do.
I don't wear shoes because society tells me to, I wear them outdoors because I value my feet and unfortunately for all of us we come from a long line of shoe wearing people. Our feet have become soft over the eons. Dig it?
I think it is just as addlebrained to specially not do something just because society says to do it as the reverse.