@LukeAlmighty no, they weren't.
"Food" was an analogy for gender.
Shoes were an analogy for gender.
I made the argument that food is an abstract, so you have to be more specific, i.e. fruits. But as I said, tomatoes are a fruit, yet they are used as a vegetable.
Shoes can be either "mens" or "womens", yet both biological men and women can wear the others shoes.
Jfc