Samsung did a study on why we lose socks including the psychology behind it. They actually came up with a formula.

Men lose more socks than women
Here’s their news story
https://news.samsung.com/global/sock-horror-mystery-of-missing-socks-is-solved-scientists-reveal-why-socks-go-missing-in-the-wash-and-how-likely-it-is-to-happen
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