I love DMs. I have a plethora of Docs & Focs (fake docs) adorned with roses & another covered in glitter. I adore them.
I also have a passion for f*ck me heeled boots, stiletto, velvet pixie boots, anything with straps, buckles & chains. With my disability I usually use my crutches if I wear this type out!
And I’ve a collection of Woolsies slippers (alas a Brexit casualty apparently), slipper socks & am currently lounging in my Totes Harris tweed slippers.
Not forgetting the fake crocs I potter round the garden in.
And the Converse Chucks. Lots of Converse (I got married in my black Converse high tops)!
Different people like different shoes. And some people have lots of different shoes for different things.
This may cause OP to have a conniption, but I also sport flip flops. And trainers. And walking boots. And Caterpiller-esque steel toed boots for the rare occasion I do heavy duty work (or limp my hounds through the old quarry park).
If you don’t like them, don’t buy them. I love docs with a long floaty dress (that fashion has definitely gone full circle from when we were wearing it in the 90s). There’s no feminine & masculine for me, they’re just boots for a range of different occasions!