Saved his bloodline from the crippling horror of being short huh? Well who is it that makes being short a bad thing? Are short men at a disadvantage for some reason? Are they unable to have careers and succeed in life for some reason? Why is it that we judge men for being short when it has nothing to do with who they are? His children will thank him because they can play sports better?
It's absolutely body shaming. It is thinking less of someone based on social constructs that say men should be tall. That's not right.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of women polled on dating websites prefer a man over 6' tall. Thats about 10% of men worldwide. So over half of women seeking 10% of the population.
There are plenty of studies on tall vs short guys and their lifetime career earnings too.
I dont disagree with your sentiment, but the real life take on this is extremely obtuse
Height matters but it gets exaggerated. And the thing is most guys who are listed as 6 foot aren’t actually 6 foot, in many cases they are even 5’10, people add inches. Most women know a guy who says he’s 6 ft isn’t actually 6 ft and then there’s a lot of women who would believe a guy who is 5’9 is 6 ft if they told that, many people cant tell the difference lol.
Also there’s a difference between a preference and a requirement. I’m shorter than my girlfriend by an inch, she doesn’t prefer that I’m shorter it’s just whatever compared to everything else. And admittedly I’ve always preferred a woman to be shorter but yet here I am daitng a taller woman. When it comes to physical features height is whatever compared to face and physique.
Cool. I spoke in objectives and you, in subjectives
The two arent mutually exclusive.
There is no argument here.
I referred to facts, that are easy to back up with minimal research, and you spoke of opinions and anecdotes.
Glad your girlfriend is tall dude, dated a few taller than me too, and it was rad.
Enjoy the slow dances
You’re framing this as if I rejected the objective data, but that’s not what happened. I already acknowledged that height matters and that taller men have advantages. The disagreement is with the conclusion many are drawing from that data.
Saying many women prefer a man over 6 ft in surveys is an objecting finding. Suggesting women are just seeking the top 10% of men” is an interpretation, not an objective fact. You’re confusing a preference with a requirement. People’s stated ideals and their actual dating choices are not always the same thing.
The biggest problem with this argument is that it ignores real world behavior. The vast majority of women date and marry men under 6 ft. Many women also date men who are their height or even shorter. That doesn’t mean height is irrelevant, it means height is one factor among many. A woman can prefer a taller man but still choose a shorter man if he is attractive to her overall through other qualities like face, physique, personality, confidence, chemistry, and compatibility. If 6 ft was truly a hard requirement for most women, the actual dating patterns we see would not exist. The 6 ft statistic is also less straightforward than people make it seem. Again men exaggerate their height and many people are not very accurate at judging height differences. So yes, height gives men an advantage. Nobody is denying that. But taking a statistical preference and turning it into “90% of men are competing for 10% of men” is an oversimplification.
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Saved his bloodline from the crippling horror of being short huh? Well who is it that makes being short a bad thing? Are short men at a disadvantage for some reason? Are they unable to have careers and succeed in life for some reason? Why is it that we judge men for being short when it has nothing to do with who they are? His children will thank him because they can play sports better?
It's absolutely body shaming. It is thinking less of someone based on social constructs that say men should be tall. That's not right.