I've resisted wearing these since I was a toddler and I feel the same way about them now as I did then.

Firstly, it's not a 'masculine' thing to be wearing them.

Secondly, men's bare feet are the most awful sight. Even I never like looking at mine. I shower every day so at least I keep mine nice and clean, but during the summer the least I'd wear on top of them are canvas/tennis shoes or espadrilles.

Women have pretty feet in general so it's fine for them to be wearing them.

The fact that men are generally paler than females in the summer makes the sight of a bloke in flip flops even worse.

Men should dress conservatively and only expose the parts of their body that generally look good. But not their feet.

Does anyone else think the same?

People are free to wear what they want thankfully

Don't worry I won't expose my bare feet to you in sandals as I wear socks with mine

You sound like you've got a foot phobia or something. No surprise you don't like to see men in sandals if you can't hardly bear your own feet, never mind anyone else's.

I suppose some men probably like their feet and a lot of men don't give their feet a second's thought.

Men in sandals or flip flops are fine by me, in as much as I notice them.

I wear sandals on the beach, and I couldn't give two shits if it's masculine or not.

Huh? Most men look fine in flip flops and sandals. Nice tanned legs and a pair of (not too brief) shorts or cropped trousers looks good.
The only time they don't is when they wear socks with them.

Thank goodness my OH wears what he likes and doesnt give a toss what anyone else thinks .Its great to get a little older and not give a tuppenny damn who thinks what
Oh freedom is good .

Blimey, generalisation over-load.

Better to wear sandals and flip-flops than to have stinky feet!

I scrub my toes with a nailbrush made out of cactus bristles meaning they're always lovely and clean but I've never thought about wearing flip-flops.

I think I'm going to buy a pair tomorrow and wear them every day until the end of summer just to spite you.

OP this is exactly how I feel about sandals. They look terrible on men!

And I'm not too keen on men who cross their legs when sitting....

But flip flops never used to be worn much by men until the last 10 years or so, when for whatever reason they became fashionable.

I'm just hoping they will eventually become unfashionable and be removed from the shelves.

Unless you're looking to mate with one, I'm not sure how a man's prefered way of sitting has anything to do with you...

I think the OP has a foot fetish! I bet you love it at this time of year don't you. All those young single mothers out for their bread and milk, all those business women on the bus and train trying to get to their work all walking in their sandles and fancy footwear showing off their cheesy feet lol.

How old are you? Yes they did. People have been wearing flip-flops for donkeys already.

Female feet are a lovely sight indeed. I just don't like having to navigate my eyes past men's legs and feet to see them.

Look up then not down.

It's not masculine to worry what your feet look like.

Though it might be more masculine to just be barefoot, no matter the terrain.

Sandals look perfectly fine with socks as long as they aren't white socks. Socks with sandals is one of those stupid things that became a de facto fashion faux pas through word of mouth and people just repeat it like drones when they see them.

I wear sandals at my desk at work and I hear it almost every day from someone, espcially when I go down into the staff canteen with them on. My response is always, "what do you expect, I work in IT". TBH I really couldn't give a crap what people think.

Me being masculine means I couldn't give a sh!t what I look like.

Probably. There's always someone wanting to tell other people how to live their lives. I suggest you join the Labour party.

That's very strange logic.
If, as you say, people have been conned into thinking socks shouldn't be worn with sandals, why have you not been conned seeing as you agree with them for the subset of socks which are white?

I think a man can look super hot in flip flops and swimming trunks, especially if he has great legs.

People repeat like drones that white socks are a fashion faux pas IMO .

Indeed they do, I've no objection to white socks per se, but I don't think they look great in sandals though, as white makes them too contrasting with the leather sandal (unless they are white sandals of course).

I think my logic is fine, see my post above.