Why do people hate short guys?

Firstly I think you could get away with saying you are 5ft 8. And I think you are short but not at a critical level. People who are definitely not short are people who are 5ft 10 or above I would say.

I know a lot of girls normally desire for a man to be like 4 or 5 inches taller than themselves but would be ok if the man was just like an inch taller. And since a lot of girls are between 5 ft 6 and 5 ft 4 then are still taller than them by some amount.

You are short but not very short. Zac Efron is 5ft 8 and yes he has fame and fortune and not everybody think he is good looking but I'm sure a lot of people do think he is especially these days that he has a good body.

Its when you are 5ft 5 or less that its critical because you are the same or shorter than most girls. So in some you are short but not short enough that people would think you have some sort of inferiority or napoleon complex

Firstly I think you could get away with saying you are 5ft 8. And I think you are short but not at a critical level. People who are definitely not short are people who are 5ft 10 or above I would say.

I know a lot of girls normally desire for a man to be like 4 or 5 inches taller than themselves but would be ok if the man was just like an inch taller. And since a lot of girls are between 5 ft 6 and 5 ft 4 then are still taller than them by some amount.

You are short but not very short. Zac Efron is 5ft 8 and yes he has fame and fortune and not everybody think he is good looking but I'm sure a lot of people do think he is especially these days that he has a good body.

Its when you are 5ft 5 or less that its critical because you are the same or shorter than most girls. So in some you are short but not short enough that people would think you have some sort of inferiority or napoleon complex

I started this thread and got this response:

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2015201

So I suppose, if they are representitive it sort of calmed me a down a lot. I polled it on a few other large forums and got similar results. So if its a problem its not potentially a massive barrier, I hope anyway.

You'll be fine man plenty of girls shorter than you, just be glad you aren't 5ft 5 like me. I'd love to be 5ft 8.

Actually I've been diagnosed by two GPs and a psychiatrist (I got second opinions and everything). And like I said, I don't hate short guys, I just don't feel comfortable dating them when I have a known problem. I regularly have panic attacks and am almost housebound due to my BDD so don't judge what you don't understand please.

Being 5ft 5 still means you are taller than 50% of girls right, I'm sure there's plenty of women who are ok with you're height if pushed.

I'm going to respond to all comments in one go, but I should add that in this generation, girls are pretty much taller than the average 5'4"

Is this an actual statistic? I don't see that many girls my height or above.

It's from personal experience. Heck, even my sisters are at least 5'6" :/ I've only met one person shorter than me, and pretty much every else is much taller than me, in my age group.

I'm going to respond to all comments in one go, but I should add that in this generation, girls are pretty much taller than the average 5'4"

Its not true seriously. Do you have evidence ct2k7 for this generation being significantly taller? Because tbh there's always a lot of hype about this generation being taller etc, but if it is, its minimal. Wiki states that for girls in the UK below 30 the average height is 5'4 1/2.

"1.644 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)"

As I said - I'm talking from experience, but I genuinely don't see short women/girls. It could be though, that my perception is skewed given my own stature.

Yeah I know what you mean I here a lot of this from people, thinking the average height is bigger than what it is.

I have a friend who hovers just over 6ft and he thinks he's only average at best.

He's convinced the average is way bigger than 5'10. He says I'm absolute shortarse being near 5'8 and makes fun out of me an awful lot for it.

This thread is depressing... I'm 5'4" fml


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For a girl, it's acceptable for her to be short.

For a guy it's not. It's already bad not being in demand, and thus, unattractive to most girls out there, physically, but some women/girls go as far as to validate their comments with absurd points, such as:



It's bad enough that way, but I've honestly had many taller men trying to start a fight with me - I don't want to fight.

It's not as if taller men were better protectors and/or hunters in the Neanderthal and previous era: men were stocky and shorter due to adaptations to the local environment, and being tall certainly wasn't an advantage as such in hunting or protecting.

I am a very short young man, so my dating options are VERY limited. Some people telling me to find someone shorter than me - yeah, I don't see many women or girls short than me at all. I get that everyone has their preferences, but don't tell me that I'm less capable than someone else due to something that I can't control. In fact, these preferences are actually requirements. I'm as good as a protector than someone who's very tall. Women seem to absolutely hate short men, or even the idea of men. One woman even said that all short men should be rounded up and shot. Women hate being seen as attractive to short men, it's a complete "turn off". Don't even think that being confident that significantly impact things either - it really doesn't at my stage, at least. Saying that "the right person will come along eventually" doesn't even help either; most, and the majority will discriminate and filter out based on initial impressions (physical).

There's also a double standard when it comes to behaviour. A shorter man is seen as having a complex if he pursues or chases something (not necessarily aggressively), but for a taller person, it is seen as acceptable or even desirable. Why is this? I don't understand why I need to "make up" for my height. Does being taller make me any better? I wouldn't think so.

One girl even said this "Short guys should serve a year in pen for every inch they are under 5'9.". Gee, that's pretty much half of the male population in North. America.

I really don't understand this. It's acceptable to discriminate on the basis of height, but not on something, let's just say, weight.