Why do guys hate tall women?

[Firebird33]

I'm a 5'9 woman and so many men tell me they like petite women more because they are more "fun." Is a woman thats average height or above not good enough to make you guys feel like "men" Is this true?

[MCheetah]

You're probably just going after the wrong kind of men, and I'd guess it's ONLY really tall men, as ONLY tall men (6'1" and up) care about height in a woman. That's a female trait and most men who aren't tall, do not care about it at all (although I'm the exception.)

Male height in a woman's eyes

The difference between "dateable" and "friendzoned."

How women sh*t on short men.

I'm short AF (180 cm, or 71 inches), but I LOVE tall women! 5'9"/175 is the bare minimum for a woman to even be considered tall, to me. Usually, I'd say a woman starts being "tall" at 5'10". I don't like short girls, 5'6"/167 cm and under, because they tend to be more mean, shallow, materialistic, and picky about height, since like I said, tall men desire them more.

Tall girl jealousy and haterade

Usually, it ends up being 6'1"+ men, with 5'6" and under women, as both tall men and short women see "tallness as masculine and shortness as feminine." But then, tall women also want men who are six feet minimum (although tall women don't have it as strong of a requirement as short women do, as men below 6' are a dealbreaker to shorties), and so, because tall women don't get the tall men, they get jealous, and start thinking that all men only want petite girls under 5'7", when in reality, it's only the tall men that they want, who see girls this way.

In other words:

In fact, there's a 6' tall user I just talked about this with, on here. @Audiofox. There's other tall female users on GAG, as well. @Ms_Facesitter, @A_Bell, @JosyJosy, @LovingLoverReturned... Women simply do not give shorter men the time of day. Or the same attention they give to so-called "real men" who are six feet and above. Then, when women get rejected by these 6'5" "Alphas," they project their rejection onto "all men," because the tall ones are the only men who matter to them, even though they reject the 80% of guys who are short/useless in their eyes. It's always the case! I don't even date anymore due to this female stigma and bias. But no, it's not because "men hate tall women." That's absurd!

[SteveSmith1985]

No!!! Guys don't hate tall women!

I think you may have met some random guys who honestly didn't have a clue you were taking what they said to heart.

I've known a few tall women (by the way...5'9"... not all that tall) who were really insecure about it. But... it was honestly a surprise to find out they were so self-conscious about it... because it's just not a big deal. It's not something guys find unattractive.

The other thing that might be happening is: You are interpreting guys talking about liking 'petite' women, and assuming that the implication is that they do not like taller women. I can understand why you might think that... but that's just not what guys mean.

You can certainly find posts of mine going on about liking 'cute' or 'petite' women. And I do. But... I also like tall women too! (although, admittedly guys don't tend to TALK about tall women as often as 'petite' girls).

My relationships have been with both tall girls and petite girls. When I look back on the girls I've been attracted to over my whole life... they have tended to be either petite, OR Tall. (like... taller than 5'9 too by the way). And the split is about 50/50 to be honest.

I am always a bit thrown-off when I'm reminded that tall girls are sometimes self-conscious about being tall. Because you really shouldn't be!

I've never hear a guy complain about a girl being too tall. Not once, not in my whole life. 🙂

[Firebird33]

Petite women usually refers to women under average height/short. In the USA the average height is 5'4 so its in reference to women 5'3 and under. If a man likes petite women specifically he's excluding a TON of women that would potentially be interested in him. Its shallow. Its the reverse of women wanting tall men.

[SteveSmith1985]

I agree. And so do most men. That's what I'm saying! Most men DON'T like petite girls exclusively. 🙂

[Rosexøxø]

Hate is such a strong; word I don’t think anyone hates you unless you gave them reason to, or they were emotionally imbalanced.

Be you. Embrace that. We aren’t meant to be fit in every circle like water.

We are ourselves and those who share similarities like us and those who loveeee differences will socialize and shared these circles with us.

For those in other circles because and by their own preference (s)- they can just be disregarded.

Everyone deserves to be free to choose what they like.

Preference is not a crime.

And it’s more doable when everyone knows that others still respect every person from every circle.

[Firebird33]

I can definitely say from what i've heard, men hate tall women

[Rosexøxø]

It’s probably and HIGHLY an insecurity thing. Men don’t even go to big lengths to hate other men lol it’s just not what they do.

If they carry resentment it was from a place they felt inadequate- a father issue- maybe a mother issue? A lady rejection issue.

That’s about it because men don’t like drama 🤷‍♀️

[Firebird33]

Men always bitch about women wanting tall guys when they don't even want tall women. Its hilarious because some men that are like this are tall, you wouldn't think a big tall guy would be insecure when a tall women asks him out.

[Rosexøxø]

I think it’s majority of a society influential problem and then the other 3% is just guys who got butthurt in the dating arena. Height provides nothing in sexuality or any problems in literally any other area of life unless it’s certain sports like basketball or horse racing.

It’s just not a big deal. I didn’t even know how tall I was till I was 17. I didn’t really care 😂. It’s liberating when you don’t have to answer that kind of question to someone you barely know. Like why would you want to know my height? Can’t you see? 😂

Are you scared of giants? Dwarfs?

I just let all that drama be 😂👐

[Firebird33]

Apparently the masculinity of men is threatened if the women is above average height and the same goes for women if the guy isn't a behemoth

[Rosexøxø]

Well that’s up to you if you will fuel the fire. You can either play society’s game or grow up and date a mature guy who will value you for you.

Choose which world you’re gonna live in sis. 👐

That’s just too many grudges to hold. I don’t hold grudges so that I can hold benefits and rewards.

[Avicenna]

We don’t hate them. I love tall women, by the way, even ones taller than me.

[God_of_Thunder]

I generally date short women, but I've also dated tall women, as well.

Honestly, there's very little (no pun intended) difference. A lot of guys probably have some insecurity about their own height, especially if a woman wants to wear heels.

I'm 6'4", though, so even a woman who's 5'9" is still short, by comparison.

[Firebird33]

So you think short women are better obviously

[God_of_Thunder]

I didn't say that, at all.

I simply stated that more than half of my relationships have been with short women, but that wasn't because of their height.

It was because of their personalities. Hence why I've also dated taller women, as well. I don't care if she's 5'1" or 5'10"; what matters to me is that we make a good couple.

I apologize, I should have clarified that better.

[Firebird33]

Well most tall guys aren't like you so its pretty sad

[UniquelyBasic]

Id say on average men prefer a woman to be shorter than them and women want the guy to be taller. Not everyone obviously but a good majority probably are like that. People can have a preference and it doesn't equate to hating another thing. I personally don't care if a woman is taller or shorter. It doesn't bother my manhood in any way.

[Firebird33]

No, from what I've heard from guys about tall women it is 100% hatred. It seems like either way it goes that its 8 inches or more of a difference that people want

[UniquelyBasic]

I don't think people are counting inches when it comes to dating. lol Where did you get 8 inches?

[Firebird33]

Yeah they are especially when they have a height requirement. People have specifically told me they like a difference of about 8 or more inches of a height difference, both men and women. You can already see it when women want tall guys

[UniquelyBasic]

I bet most of the people you talked to don't know what an inch even is off the top of their heads.

[Berethor]

Tallness is a masculine trait, though women tend to care about height more than men.

https://www.worlddata.info/average-bodyheight.php

[FunkyMonkee]

Not me! I love `em!! I'd PREFER tall girls! I don't MIND shorter girls, my ex-fiance was 5' 4" but, it was a tad odd to have to bend over so far to kiss her. I'm 17" taller than her. Chances of my finding a tall girl, or ANY girl, for that matter, seems to be slim to none! Either they're all taken or they're not interested!! In the meantime, we could get VERY rich together, raising our own basketball team!!

[Firebird33]

I personally don't know how a huge height gap is comfortable. A lot of short women act like the only men big enough to them is tall guys while somehow acting like a 30 inch height gap is perfectly comfortable. You'll find a tall woman one day, keep looking.

[FunkyMonkee]

My uncle was well over 6' and his wife didn't even crack 5'!
When I started having sex with my future ex-fiance, I was kind of amazed that I could actually kiss her while I was inside of her! However, she DID have to bend her head back and I had to bend mine down a tad. I'd like to find someone who I COULD kiss during sex and neither of us had to strain to make it happen!
I don't know, babe! It's at least 21 years since I had someone and it's NOT looking like there's gonna EVER be anyone else!! I've almost resigned myself to spending the rest of my days 100% alone!! It was bad enough when I was in MY house but, now that I'm, here in THIS house, I'm pretty sure it's NEVER gonna happen!! The only visits I even get anymore are the rabbits in the yard!!

[TheUniqueOne96]

I think they see short women are more feminine and it's preferred.

I doubt they hate them, at least not anywhere near as much as women hate short guys.

I'm a short guy and I'd prefer a tall woman.

[mstbooblover]

Is that so? From my side not true anyway. If I'm confortable with a woman, her size does not matter. By the way, an advantage for me about a tall lady would be me having her boobs naturally in my face... ;0)

[Cubus]

It's not about "hate".

Men prefer short women, because they make them feel taller and stronger. Men like to feel dominant and protective.

[Firebird33]

What does the height of a woman have anything to do with strength of a guy? Wouldn't it make more sense that a bigger woman would indicate strength of a guy? It is about hate. Most men lowkey say shit about tall women

[Cubus]

If a man is average physically and the woman is weak physically then it makes the man feel strong.

[HighValue]

Try dating a short man. They are more likely to be interested.

[Firebird33]

They wanted short women too

[HighValue]

They have much less options so more of them really should start going for tall women. I see short men complaining online all the time about their dating options.
Maybe try online dating and search for shorter men because many of them are filtered out of short women's searches and they get much less attention so they should be more open to date a tall woman.
That is the only advice I can think of.

[Firebird33]

Doesn't matter, they all were uncomfortable being much shorter than myself. Their reasoning is valid though. I don't know why the fuck tall men are uncomfortable with tall women when they're still taller.

[HighValue]

I'm tall and I'm not uncomfortable with tall women up to 5' 10", but I do find short women to be cuter much more often. The only tall women I like the looks of have to have an athletic toned build, which most women don't have regardless of their height.

[Noahzaid]

Hate is a big word, I just don’t feel attracted to girls taller than me.

I’m short and I need to compensate.

[OddBeMe]

I’d say other way around. Any guy would go on a date with a tall chick. NOW…doesn’t mean we’d approach or ask out the tall chick, because we’re trained to know chicks like taller guys.

[Twalli]

I don't care if my girlfriend is taller than me, most women do care.

[Mattswagg46]

No, in they're heart they really always wished to be that tall or they were made fun of in younger years for being short

[sheikalana]

I bet all those guys were shorter than you.

[Firebird33]

No they were average height or tall

[slatyb]

Insecure men are easily intimidated.

[kinggeorge007]

Why women hate short guys, you'll find the answer.

[LiamJHayden]

Some are insecure

[Jamie05rhs]

That's not true at all.

[htmndg183]

I don't. I love tall women.

[Engin12]

What? I dont hate them. I find them sexy