What do you think it would feel like to be a man below average height?

[MCheetah]

"Average" is subjective however, as there is only one constant in what *should* be the optimal standard for adult male height (and it's six feet/184 cm, which most men fall well below of, due to the Agricultural age shrinking humans thousands of years ago; so technically, most men are below the minimum height they should be right now).

Regardless of the person's current country and going by global optimal standards (as in, what human males ARE SUPPOSED to be), I consider the tiers to be:

SUPER SHORT: 5'7" (172 cm) and under
SHORT: 5'8" to 5'11" (173 to 182 cm)
STANDARD/OKAY/SO-SO: 6'0" (183-184 cm)
TALL: 6'1" to 6'4" (185 to 194 cm)
SUPURBLY TALL: 6'5" (195 cm) and up

I am below median height in my ideal country, The Netherlands, and technically median height for the US, which is between 5'9.5" and 5'11.5" (176-182 cm). I'm only 181 cm and I honestly *despise* it!

These are the worst possible places to be. Both median height and below median, are shit-tier. No man wants to be small, weak, and puny. Well, I shouldn't say "no man," but masculine men don't want to be small, weak, and puny. Frankly, being "below median" height and being median height are exactly the same, socially: not good. Inferior. Awful. And almost the same biologically, although being short is actually better for your health.

This is something I don't think extremely short men realize. Being as pathetic as everyone else isn't any "better" or as good as technically being shorter than them. NO ONE worth a damn wants to be mediocre! Median height literally has no social value whatsoever. It literally is no better than being extremely short. Just different. Being really short is more noticeable yes, but also comes with "benefits" such as better health and a longer lifespan (something most women also have, by default, for also being smaller). So the pros and cons "balance" themselves out, even if there may be more cons socially for being shorter. Being median is all negatives and absolutely NO positives. Unless your "positives" are what I'd consider negatives: being valueless, being replaceable, blending in, being another forgettable worthless nothing, etc. These traits are not just in regards to height, obviously. But ANYTHING about a person! Who the hell wants to be considered forgettable, valueless, and insignificant? No one should want that in any human trait, including physical size and strength.

The thing is, as I said, some men don't care if they're physically inferior. Hell, most median-sized ARE boring, mediocre, and forgettable. They CHOOSE to be! Sure, some short men and tall men are mediocre and forgettable too, but at least some physical aspect of them forces them to try to be a little more than just a worthless flesh bag.

In other words, but nature and nurture can define who we are and what are traits are in the world, and the more mediocre and valueless you are by nature, the more likely you are to develop into that person, by nurture. As in, most "average" looking men also act average and are just as worthless to the contribution of society. Short men... Short men are different.

Short men oftentimes have to struggle more in society. While being mediocre in size (5'8" to 5'11") is just as useless socially, short men get more crap for it, for whatever reason. I do not understand it myself, both are negatives, but for some reason, people want to act like being a disposable replaceable human being is any "better" than being one below society's median height for males at the time. Or, "some people think being 'average' height is better than being short." ... For some reason. As I said, both are negatives. But being short comes with more positives in addition to more negatives, but being a mediocre human is just all negatives; albeit less of them. There are no positives to being disposable, valueless mediocrity.

This is all getting to the point that short men often work harder because they "feel" more of a struggle in life than the mediocres. Sure, they may have slightly worse chances with women than the mediocres, but they usually have MORE CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY because of it! And again, the slightly-less short men often have none. They have negatives, but no struggle or hardships with the negatives.

TL;DR Version: Short men tend to be more likable, charismatic, and harder working because they feel the downsides of their lack of tallness more than the "average" height men feel towards their near equally negative height.

Being a short guy is better in every way than being an "average" guy. Just not with some women.

[GingerGuy]

lol, feel like in what way? I probably am, but I could care less about it. Height means nothing as far as who the person is (or sperm "quality" as some women believe) so it means nothing to me and I feel normal. I know for a lot of women it does matter, and A LOT, to the point it's actually a "deal breaker" for some, which blows my mind. Something he has no control over and you disregard him completely as a potential partner, solely on this alone! Just wow!

[Anonymous]

I’ve always wanted to be taller. (I wanted to be a vs model) I’m 5’1. People treat me like I’m younger. I feel inadequate less womanly because of it. so putting myself in a makes shows I’m sure he feels the same way. Inadequate, judged and maybe he had dreams of being taller too.

[chivesdak]

I feel really bad for them because so many girls will only date a guy taller than them, but you have literally no control over your height! Why should it be a deciding factor?

[Kurαȷ]

I'm a man of below average height and it doesn't "feel" like anything in particular.
I'm not fixated on my height or anything related to it.

If a woman was to reject me because of my height, that's totally fine with me.
I would also reject women because of their height and for many other, entirely subjective reasons that are outside of their control.
It's a preference, nothing more.

[abc3643]

Well, I am below average in height (about half of us are... duh) and it has never bothered me one bit.
I don't think it really adversely affected my dating life and, if it did, all that really means is that the girls who would have rejected me because of my height weren't right for me anyway.

[Shiver]

I'm like 170-173cm and I live in the Netherlands, so I'm still 10cm shorter than average at least. Has it hindered me? Lmao fuck no. I don't do anything physical that requires me to be tall and I have other, far more interesting qualities than my height anyway. Most of my friends are literally 25-35cm taller than I am and not one of us cares.

[Adam1978]

No difference to regular man. These days women laundry list is long that everyone get rejected. So just another reason doesn't matter. The end result is the same. The woman that reject you for your height is worthless and you should be happy you dodge the bullet.

[DeeToPlay]

As a male in the United States the average height is 5 ft 9 in and since I am about 2 in taller than the average height I could not begin to tell you what it feel like to be below the average height and I'm glad I can't.

[Anonymous]

I am 24 yr old, 5.4 inches in height but I look good , I have a good face and a fit body and I am quite successful in getting laid but my country average is 5.5 so maybe it is the reason I am not facing much problem. let's see what happens in future one more thing I am still growing in height.

[WesBrewer]

Probably feels pretty bad because everyone towers over you, I wouldn't know though since I am 6' 3" and that's 6" above average for 20 yr olds

[andreasderjuengere]

It feels... safe?
I don't need to worry and keep my head low when I go through a door :D

[Dinosaursandanime65]

Maybe a wee bit helpless... but in my case, that is lost to the winds.

[Anonymous]

As a man below average height

Knowing you'll never date anyone is probably the big issue

You can make up for lack of height with a boost of fear and intimation

[Anonymous]

Women are shallow and expect men to be over 6 foot regardless of area... they don’t care if every other aspect of the guy is 100% ... if he isn’t able to magically stretch his bones... he’s not “worthy”

[iseekpinetrees]

Same as I would feel now as a short girl?

[COMMODOREII]

I wouldn't know