I couldn't really care less if people think they're not manly or whatever. They look equally bad on everyone; man, woman, or child. And it's not like there's some law of the universe that says things can't be aesthetically pleasing and be comfortable. I have a hard time believing that they couldn't make an equally comfortable shoe that doesn't look like a plastic clog that someone took a hole punch to. Somebody made them look like that on purpose. So, I'm not buying the excuse that they're comfortable, easy to put on, or whatever; that doesn't make up for the fact that they're still ugly as sin.