Why do women hate short men?

oh - I don't like lanky guys either. Just because a guy is of a decent height, doesn't mean he's lanky. Hence why I said BMI. It's more an idea that I feel protected. I'm really not starting or getting into fights so whether they can or can't fight doesn't matter too much. Yes the short guy could be a black belt in Karate, but so what, tall guy looks like he can pack it in, that's all I'm happy about.

So you prefer the illusion of security :P

Women and their god damn heels!

They are just terrifying. It's like a fear of spiders, we can't help it.

If I see a man under 6ft I stand on a chair and start screaming.

id be gutted and very hurt if a guy said he wouldn't date me just because I was tall.

When I studied genetics, some years ago now, the average height of a man in the UK was 5'8" and in Wales 5'7" (this may have changed now). There were studies which showed that both men shorter AND men taller than the average were less likely to get married, it was a standard n-shaped graph.

My personal take on this is that I get on with anyone so long as they aren't hung up about themselves, and that I prefer men close to my height because then I don't get a crick in the neck talking to them. I'm 5'5" and the tallest boyfriend I've had was 5'8", the current one is 5'4".

Women don't hate short men, any man who thinks that is projecting.

I feel really bad for short men. I'm 5'9 so I'm almost average, but I look at people 5'3-5'6 and just pity them. It seems the shorter you are the harder life gets.

Facts:

- dating being short is universally seen as unattractive for males. People have all sorts of preferences (some guys even prefer "heavier" girls to thin ones), but no woman in the world has a preference for guys below average height, over guys of average or above average height. All my mates under 5'7 have either 1) never had a gf or 2) never had a fit girlfriend. Even the ones who work out regularly.

- height/wage correlation: even with all other variables taken into account (education level, socioeconomic background, IQ etc) height has a significant correlation to wage (for every inch gained, average annual wage increases by £2000). That means. That means if you and your next door neighbour are exactly the same in every other way, but you're 5'6 and he's 6'4, he'll earn 20 grand more than you every year.

- business: 90% of CEOs are above average height. Less than 3% of CEO are below the height of 5'7.

- general negative connotations: Short men are seen as being inexperienced, weak, incapable, unreliable and in some cases even creepy.

(Sources for all stats above:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_discrimination#Height_and_social_discrimination
http://www.reddit.com/r/short/)

So my question is: why is there such a bias against short men? Men, do you feel your height has helped/hurt you in any way? And women, do you care at all about height?

Which he managed to earn regardless of the world-ending dielmma that is being both male and short.

And if you're referring to his wife, they got married before he was likely earning such a fortune.

Just do yourself a favour and stop talking to me.

You started on me for no reason. Typical.

Is that a threat? Sounds like a threat.

And I didn't 'start on you' at all. I asked a legitimate question, and you responded immediately with an insult which had to be edited by a moderator. Posed a further question, and then you avoided the question and chose to try and insult me yet again. And now this....

I'll have you at checkmate soon.

If you read your first reply, it did sound like an unnecessary way to start an argument.

So many girls in this thread have stated they like tall men. It's just a favourable trait for SOME girls.

Why do you care what I have to 'offer' to a man?

You started it. Smh

It sounded to you like it was an unnecessary way to start an argument, as that was your assumption. It was in fact a harmless question that if you didn't like, you didn't need to respond to. You did reply. And rather than merely telling me you found what I was saying offensive, you chose to throw an insult me way, showing your true colours.

I've made a post in this thread many pages back explaining the preferences that women have, so I'm well aware, thank you very much.

I care because you claimed you wanted a tall man to provide you with tall children, yet you're only average in height. Perhaps that tall man doesn't want someone of average height diluting the genetics that his previous generations have established. So what do you have to offer him to make this dilution worth his while?

I didn't start it, but I'll most certainly finish it.

wow what I said about wanting tall children was just an innocent remark.

What if the tall man wants a short woman like me and doesn't care about diluting his genetics?

I honestly don't even understand this argument.

It seems you are very keen on winning this 'argument', so I'm just going to let you do that. Though out of curiosity, what gender are you?

Because I have assumed you are a guy, whom got offended when I said I want a tall guy even though I'm short.

If you are a girl, I am having trouble understanding why will you get so offended that I want a tall guy?!?!

Yup I do care about height. I probably would never get with a guy shorter than me

Why are you double spacing paragraphs? Don't.

We're not getting into that - I asked my question first, so answer it and I'll give you an answer in return. If you can't answer my question, then don't feel you're in a position to ask a question based on my original question.

It's probably to do with you not having much to offer a man other than your inferior womb though.

Giving up is in your genetic make-up, it seems. Try and pass it off as 'being the bigger person' as much as you want. It's ironic, if anything.

I'm not offended at all. Why would I be? I'm taken. No need to worry about this thread at all.