Do you believe little man syndrome is a real thing?

[Anonymous]

little man syndrome is suppose to mean short men are more likely going to have aggressive personalities due to feeling insecure and inadequate because of their short height.
Its true a lot of women don’t want to date a man shorter than herself.

[ChiTown33]

Yes. But to be fair to be a man ( at least a young man) is too be somewhat gladiatorial. Perception is half the battle. I'm 6 foot 5 and I've always been tall. I've also always been a real passive person. And when you're a young man other guys will take niceness for softness. I had many shorter guys pick fights with me because they thought they could rule me. Don't get it twisted either. Some smaller guys can punch really hard lol, (Look at Mike Tyson).
It's really stupid the stigma society puts on height.

[Anonymous]

It's true that women do want to date taller but in my case height hasn't really been relevant as I've dated many girls taller than me as I prefer a tall girl. I'm 5-7 by the way barley by a hair. I've always been aggressive by nature but has nothing to do with my stature but more so internally the take no shit from anyone human I was created as. My dad is literally 5-1 and he's gotten women that are the same age or younger than me that are tall and extremely attractive. He's a fucking asshole though and I hate talking to him because he's a horrible human being. On that note I have to disagree and say it's more of the exception not the rule.

[baldsubhuman]

I'm going to say reality but it's gonna hurt some people. Before you call me a midget I'm actually 6'2. I have several friends who are short and some of them don't have short man syndrome. Infact in my honest opinion I don't think such a thing exists.

I believe because society and women discriminate and hate on short men all the time even on social media and irl etc (regarding being clowns, rejected by women, not taken seriously etc). They develop resentment which is slowly build up in their unconscious and manifest itself as "short man Syndrome". And honestly I really don't see how any sane person wouldn't grow resentful under these circumstances. So to answer that question yes I guess such a syndrome technically exists and it comes as a coping mechanism to defend their ego against the hate and dehumanization from society.

[ACR130]

Or maybe they are aggressive simply because people have always made fun of them their whole life and women have always judged them for their hight rather than their heart. Then all of that led the guy to believe he's a piece of shit that no one will ever love so he developed low self esteem, low confidence and anger towards the world and himself for being born with a gene he has no control over. Yes I've had this and I lived everything's I quoted. Now I stopped caring and am somewhat emotionless so I can't get mad or aggressive even if I wanted to.

[baldsubhuman]

I'm sorry bro. I suffer from a similar thing regarding being bald super early (started teens) not height but I fully understand you.

[Honesttguy]

Not always cus insecure, just simply they have to be more aggresive to go through life, cus no one gives way for them?
Being tall is like born with silver spoon in your mouth, things often go your way.
On opposite being short people tend to get in your way.
See the difference? If they dont learn to be more aggresive they are fuked completly. They have to. Its a must.

[BeMuse]

More likely to be aggressive? No not really. There are so many drivers for aggression. That said, short guys often do get really insecure around tall men especially when their girl is checking out the tall man, even if the tall man isn’t interested in her at all. Short guys lose their shit.

[Anonymous]

I only ever knew one shorter guy who was like that, but he just an asshole all around.
I think it's true that some shorter guys who play sports are actually tougher than most because they always had to compete against bigger guys and win.
Being short can make you strong.

[dudeinohio]

It's also known as the "Napoleon Complex" it is true. Most of the shorter guys I've known are class A assholes. Unfortunately, most of them were in a management position and I had a lot of conflicts. One had a huge truck he drove. I guess it's compensation.

[SHB84]

Not really... unless a dude has a dream of playing in the NBA... his height isn't a concern to him... even a short man is... by average taller than most women.

[Anonymous]

I've seen short guys who suffer from this and put a lot of effort into compensating like being aggressive, driving large vehicles, trying to gain muscles, etc.

[Anonymous]

It's not little man syndrome It's from years of being bullied and harassed by people who are bigger then him and getting picked on bullied and harassed which leads him to constantly defending himself for his own safety

[jasco]

Yea I do believe that's true for some men. Same can be said for women and not very attractive bodies tho so eh

[Andres77]

It IS a thing, called the Napoleon complex.
It's been around for a while.

[IncognitoBandito]

From what I hear its behind plenty of bar room posturing

[driven159]

in my long life I have seen that to be true but not all

[dolemite89]

yes it’s real, short guys or guys who aren’t packing down there usually have a complex about it

[GlassTop]

Yes it’s definitely a thing.

[shortster]

It might exist but it doesn't effect all of us.

[EaterPeter]

I think so

[Anonymous]

yes 100% true