Say its not your blog (looks like it is at a glance) but the blog of someone you know and respect. Otherwise people will assume you're trying to pull one over on them.
Who's saying its a competition? This is just in the interest of fairness. Or do you think potential sex offenders should be treated differently based on gender?
As a landscaper who routinely wears sandals to work, the bottom of my feet are sometimes stained so black the only way to get them clean is with a pumice stone.