Exposing Heightism
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At 5' 10", I feel boringly average.
Most of my male cousins are taller than me. However, from complications at birth, my parents were told (supposedly, have no idea how the Doctors guessed this) that I would never surpass 5' 5", which is my mothers height (father is 5' 6"). INB4 postman jobby.
Most of my male cousins are taller than me. However, from complications at birth, my parents were told (supposedly, have no idea how the Doctors guessed this) that I would never surpass 5' 5", which is my mothers height (father is 5' 6"). INB4 postman jobby.
I haven't had much height discrimination at all (not even really jokes, which is good because I do tend to get upset if people call it out in a degrading way - I can't help my genetics!).
What I've found from looking at this kind of stuff is that it is the smaller women who tend to have the stupid '6ft rule'. Probably to make up for their own lack of height? Dunno. Anyway, it seems the taller women are the ones who are less likely to care about dating the shorter men (but probably because they tower over most anyway). I've known a few really tall women all around 6ft and none of them gave a crap about how tall a guy was.
I don't mind dating the 6ft girls either, why should I let it bother me? Plus they got dem legs. (but then again I'm not some testosterone fuelled alpha man - being a beta can be fun!)
For the record, I'm 5ft 5/6
That's a fair observation, my shorter female friends tend to want a tall guy 6ft + and talk of shorter men as a giving up option, while 2 out of 3 tall girls that I know (5'9''+) have short long long term boyfriends (both guys being around 5'5'') (these guys are loaded with money and part of "aristocracy" though)
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No wonder I've been unlucky. 5' 4" here.
Anything over 6'2" is just pointlessly tall
Serious question though; have you ever been comfortable in any sort of public transport? I have ridiculously short legs, yet even I find train seats cramped.
On trains it depends, generally it's not too bad (and I have long legs) but there are times when I am tightly squeezed in.
Underground is fine if I'm sitting, however when it's packed and I'm standing I have to stand in the middle as it's just far to small on the sides.
Planes ******* hate them! They're just far, far too small. I have to sit at the front of economy to be OK.
Buses no idea (that's poor man transport
)I like to go to the Imax in Waterloo but my god the seats are so small. When I saw Skyfall the people in front of me got really annoyed with me as my knees were pushing the back of their chairs. Unfortunately there was nothing I could do at all
This seems to be a thing at the moment. When half a dozen idiots get together and talk rubbish the rest of society feels the need to make sure that everyone knows that they are talking rubbish. A few hundred out of millions of people on twitter post about how thick and poorly educated they are and there is outrage.
Shock horror, people have preferences when it comes to dating. I don't find overweight women attractive in general. A lot of women prefer taller men. Most of us just have the common decency to just either explain that you have a preference or keep quiet. Some muppets are incapable of doing so in a rational non offensive fashion and flock to twitter to just get a reaction.
I never really think about height other than taking the pee out of mates who complain about being short. The first time it occurred to me in ages was yesterday when I was on a packed underground carriage and 95% of the people were a good few inches smaller than me. I usually curse my height more than appreciate it. I reckon about 6' is optimum for the world.
Shock horror, people have preferences when it comes to dating. I don't find overweight women attractive in general. A lot of women prefer taller men. Most of us just have the common decency to just either explain that you have a preference or keep quiet. Some muppets are incapable of doing so in a rational non offensive fashion and flock to twitter to just get a reaction.
I never really think about height other than taking the pee out of mates who complain about being short. The first time it occurred to me in ages was yesterday when I was on a packed underground carriage and 95% of the people were a good few inches smaller than me. I usually curse my height more than appreciate it. I reckon about 6' is optimum for the world.
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Personally I've always liked short men, absolutely fine. Never really been a thing with me but then I'm 5ft 4".
Maybe as well because I focus on faces and personality (I like eyes and a nice smile...though I prefer them when they're in a face)
Maybe as well because I focus on faces and personality (I like eyes and a nice smile...though I prefer them when they're in a face)
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Well thats crap.
5,5 here and I eat lots! My immediate family is all quite short though, Mum and Dad were both short, Im infact taller than my Mum and when I last checked (4 years since I have seen my dad) I was his height.
My work mates who are about 5,7/8 take the mick all the time about my height, If they decide to just keep going on about it I get bored and will go some place else.
The one who takes the mick the most is the most awkard socially. 22, never had a girlfriend, doubt he has even kissed a girl and as admitted to being a virgin to me, does not know how to stand up for himself and is useless as speaking his mind I often have to stand up for him as I really don't care if I rub people the wrong way.
The tallest of my mates is mint though he is over 6,3, probably what I would consider my best friend, he rarely if at all takes the mick out of my height infact i cannot remember the last time he did say anything about my physical appearance.
tldr: It appears to me as though the ones that are most self conscious are the ones who have a problem with shorter people, perhaps they envy the confidence shorter people often have to develope.
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I'm the fussiest eater out there, a literal salad dodger. I'm 6'4". It's just genetics.
And the majority of men don't want women who look like stick insects. And the majority of humans don't want to be with people who have dysmorphic features - it's simple biology. Not everyone has the capacity or the desire to overcome their natural instincts.
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Same.
I guess it depends how you define short.
I've seen this around me for years, must be pretty rough to be a short guy.
Personally, I've never really had anything positive or negative said about my height over my entire life, being 5f11 is close enough to 6f for nobody to call me short, but clearly just below for nobody to think I'm tall either.
Not that this is surprising, social prejudice is extremely prevalent on a number of factors, such as height, weight, looks, good/bad hair or even accent.
Personally, I've never really had anything positive or negative said about my height over my entire life, being 5f11 is close enough to 6f for nobody to call me short, but clearly just below for nobody to think I'm tall either.
Not that this is surprising, social prejudice is extremely prevalent on a number of factors, such as height, weight, looks, good/bad hair or even accent.
Pretty girls with Scottish accents make my special place tingle. Not sure if that counts as prejudice though?
I'm 6'2 so I suppose I'm in the 'safe zone'. However, was out with a big group of people today for lunch and the topic came up. No girl there said that they'll date a short guy. No matter how rich, good looking or successful he is. I've also seen this mentioned a million times on dating sites I've been on. 99.9% of girls expressively wants a guy taller than them. Unfortunately this seems to be the reality. I know some on OCUK is over the top on political correctness and social awareness. I wonder what sound bites they have on this little reality 
Probably does. You're 'excluding others' that may feel 'prejudiced and extremely upset' over your choice
I'm 6'2 so I suppose I'm in the 'safe zone'. However, was out with a big group of people today for lunch and the topic came up. No girl there said that they'll date a short guy. No matter how rich, good looking or successful he is. I've also seen this mentioned a million times on dating sites I've been on. 99.9% of girls expressively wants a guy taller than them. Unfortunately this seems to be the reality. I know some on OCUK is over the top on political correctness and social awareness. I wonder what sound bites they have on this little reality
Theyre lying.
yeah but plenty of blokes perhaps don't like fat chicks... some people have race/religious preferences
It sucks for the short guys and they are at a disadvantage but then that's just life - people just have to try and make the best of what they've got.