diff --git a/src/Directory.Build.props b/src/Directory.Build.props
index 22814bb..68d94ad 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Directory.Build.props
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <PublishDocumentationFile>true</PublishDocumentationFile>
     <PublishDocumentationFiles>true</PublishDocumentationFiles>
     <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
-    <PackageVersion>1.1.0</PackageVersion>
+    <PackageVersion>1.1.1</PackageVersion>
     <PackageDescription>.NotEmpty&lt;T&gt;() test extension</PackageDescription>
     <PackageRequireLicenseAcceptance>false</PackageRequireLicenseAcceptance>
     <PackageTags>kasthack nunit xunit mstest test empty null notempty emptinness nullability</PackageTags>
diff --git a/src/kasthack.NotEmpty.Core/AssertContext.cs b/src/kasthack.NotEmpty.Core/AssertContext.cs
index 105b5f1..5bd17a5 100644
--- a/src/kasthack.NotEmpty.Core/AssertContext.cs
+++ b/src/kasthack.NotEmpty.Core/AssertContext.cs
@@ -17,25 +17,25 @@ internal class AssertContext
 
         public string Path => "(value)" + string.Concat(this.pathSegments.Reverse());
 
-        public bool IsArrayElement { get; set; } = false;
+        public ElementKind ElementKind { get; set; } = Core.ElementKind.Root;
 
         public AssertContext(AssertOptions options) => this.Options = options;
 
-        public IDisposable EnterPath(string segment, bool isArray) => new PathContext(this, segment, isArray);
+        public IDisposable EnterPath(string segment, ElementKind elementKind) => new PathContext(this, segment, elementKind);
 
         private struct PathContext : IDisposable
         {
             private readonly AssertContext context;
-            private readonly bool originalIsArrayElement;
+            private readonly ElementKind originalElementKind;
             private bool disposed = false;
 
-            public PathContext(AssertContext context, string segment, bool isArray)
+            public PathContext(AssertContext context, string segment, ElementKind elementKind)
             {
                 this.context = context ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
-                this.originalIsArrayElement = this.context.IsArrayElement;
+                this.originalElementKind = this.context.ElementKind;
 
                 this.context.pathSegments.Push(segment);
-                this.context.IsArrayElement = isArray;
+                this.context.ElementKind = elementKind;
             }
 
             public void Dispose()
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public void Dispose()
                 {
                     this.disposed = true;
                     this.context.pathSegments.Pop();
-                    this.context.IsArrayElement = this.originalIsArrayElement;
+                    this.context.ElementKind = this.originalElementKind;
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/kasthack.NotEmpty.Core/AssertOptions.cs b/src/kasthack.NotEmpty.Core/AssertOptions.cs
index 6ffc505..d4d2d55 100644
--- a/src/kasthack.NotEmpty.Core/AssertOptions.cs
+++ b/src/kasthack.NotEmpty.Core/AssertOptions.cs
@@ -23,5 +23,10 @@ public class AssertOptions
         /// Allows empty strings but not nulls.
         /// </summary>
         public bool AllowEmptyCollections { get; set; } = false;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Allows bool properties to be false.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool AllowFalseBooleanProperties { get; set; } = false;
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/kasthack.NotEmpty.Core/ElementKind.cs b/src/kasthack.NotEmpty.Core/ElementKind.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8026d9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kasthack.NotEmpty.Core/ElementKind.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+namespace kasthack.NotEmpty.Core
+{
+    internal enum ElementKind
+    {
+        Unknown,
+        Root,
+        Property,
+        ArrayElement,
+        DictionaryElement,
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/kasthack.NotEmpty.Core/NotEmptyExtensionsBase.cs b/src/kasthack.NotEmpty.Core/NotEmptyExtensionsBase.cs
index 904ea95..79a9ff6 100644
--- a/src/kasthack.NotEmpty.Core/NotEmptyExtensionsBase.cs
+++ b/src/kasthack.NotEmpty.Core/NotEmptyExtensionsBase.cs
@@ -31,14 +31,19 @@ internal void NotEmptyInternal<T>(T? value, AssertContext context)
             var path = context.Path;
             string message = GetEmptyMessage(path);
             this.Assert(value is not null, message, path); // fast lane
-            if (
-                !(context.Options.AllowZerosInNumberArrays &&
-                context.IsArrayElement &&
-                value is byte or sbyte or short or ushort or char or int or uint or long or ulong or float or double or decimal or BigInteger
+            var skipDueToBeingNumberInArrayWhenAllowedByOptions = context.ElementKind == ElementKind.ArrayElement
+                && context.Options.AllowZerosInNumberArrays
+                && value is byte or sbyte or short or ushort or char or int or uint or long or ulong or float or double or decimal or BigInteger
 #if NET5_0_OR_GREATER
                     or Half or nint or nuint
 #endif
-                ))
+                ;
+            var skipDueToBeingBooleanPropertyWhenAllowedByOptions = context.ElementKind == ElementKind.Property && value is bool;
+            if (!(
+                skipDueToBeingBooleanPropertyWhenAllowedByOptions
+                ||
+                skipDueToBeingNumberInArrayWhenAllowedByOptions
+            ))
             {
                 this.Assert(!EqualityComparer<T>.Default.Equals(default!, value!), message, path);
             }
@@ -68,7 +73,7 @@ or TimeOnly _
                     foreach (var key in d.Keys)
                     {
                         cnt++;
-                        using (context.EnterPath($"[{key}]", false))
+                        using (context.EnterPath($"[{key}]", ElementKind.DictionaryElement))
                         {
                             this.NotEmptyBoxed(d[key], context);
                         }
@@ -84,7 +89,7 @@ or TimeOnly _
                     var index = 0;
                     foreach (var item in e)
                     {
-                        using (context.EnterPath($"[{index++}]", true))
+                        using (context.EnterPath($"[{index++}]", ElementKind.ArrayElement))
                         {
                             this.NotEmptyBoxed(item, context);
                         }
@@ -99,7 +104,7 @@ or TimeOnly _
                 default:
                     foreach (var pathValue in CachedPropertyExtractor<T>.GetProperties(value))
                     {
-                        using (context.EnterPath($".{pathValue.Path}", false))
+                        using (context.EnterPath($".{pathValue.Path}", ElementKind.Property))
                         {
                             this.NotEmptyBoxed(pathValue.Value, context);
                         }
diff --git a/src/kasthack.NotEmpty.Tests/NotEmptyTestBase.cs b/src/kasthack.NotEmpty.Tests/NotEmptyTestBase.cs
index 9717abb..343c860 100644
--- a/src/kasthack.NotEmpty.Tests/NotEmptyTestBase.cs
+++ b/src/kasthack.NotEmpty.Tests/NotEmptyTestBase.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public abstract class NotEmptyTestBase
 
         #region Numbers
 
+
         [Fact]
         public void NotDefaultPrimitiveWorks() => this.Action(new { Value = 1 });
 
@@ -50,6 +51,9 @@ public abstract class NotEmptyTestBase
         [Fact]
         public void BoxedDefaultPrimitiveThrows() => Assert.ThrowsAny<Exception>(() => this.Action(new { Value = (object)0 }));
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void BoxedDefaultPrimitiveThrowsAsRoot() => Assert.ThrowsAny<Exception>(() => this.Action(0));
+
         [Fact]
         public void NullNullableThrows() => Assert.ThrowsAny<Exception>(() => this.Action(new { Value = new Nullable<int>(), }));
 
@@ -158,6 +162,24 @@ public struct InfiniteNestedStruct
         }
         #endregion
 
+        #region Booleans
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void FalseThrows() => Assert.ThrowsAny<Exception>(() => this.Action(false));
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void TrueWorks() => this.Action(true);
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void FalseDoesntThrowWhenAllowed() => this.Action(new { Value = true }, new AssertOptions { AllowFalseBooleanProperties = true });
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void FalseThrowsWhenAllowedForDifferentKind() => Assert.ThrowsAny<Exception>(() => this.Action(false, new AssertOptions { AllowFalseBooleanProperties = true }));
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void FalseThrowsWhenAllowedForDifferentKindV2() => Assert.ThrowsAny<Exception>(() => this.Action(new[] { false }, new AssertOptions { AllowFalseBooleanProperties = true }));
+        #endregion
+
         protected void Action(object? value, AssertOptions? options = null) => this.action(value, options);
     }
 }
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