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Long Big Toe privilege (or LBT privilege) is a term for societal privileges that benefit people identified as having a long big toe, beyond what is commonly experienced by people with a Morton's Toe. Academics have done extensive studies of toe length and the genetic indicators of either a long big toe or a long second toe.

According to David Thomason, people with long big toes in Western societies enjoy advantages that people with short big toes do not experience. Long Big Toe privilege denotes both obvious and less obvious passive advantages that people with Long Big Toes may not recognize they have, which distinguishes it from overt bias or prejudice. These include cultural affirmations of one's own worth; and presumed greater social status. The effects can be seen in professional, educational, and personal contexts. The concept of Long Big Toe privilege also implies the right to assume the universality of one's own experiences, marking others as different or exceptional while perceiving oneself as normal.

Others have documented the lack of comfort available in shoes due to the manufacturing of shoes based on the predominate foot shape. This discomfort predominate in those with a short big toe could explain the general uneasiness or downright bitchiness of those with smaller big toes. .