Why is being a below average height male considered worse than being a below average height female?

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suzzieQ · Accepted Answer

Because for some reason height is associated with masculinity. Western society has put a ton of emphasis and pressure on men specifically to be hyper masculinity not to mention unrealistic beauty standards.

In the US the average height for an adult man is about 5ft 9inches, and that is just average, meaning that there are a ton of people that are going to be taller or shorter. Like it is with many societal beauty standards, many are unrealistic. For women the epitome of western beauty standards is to be white, skinny, hairless, smooth unblemished skin, big round eyes, small nose, narrow face and blonde.

For men, it's to be tall, fit, and have a full head of hair.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I guess because short men are less desirable than say 6ft men in general to women whereas men don't discriminate too much on height. For example I'm 4f10 yet I'm just not attracted to men under 6ft.

Guy13 · Accepted Answer

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Commonwealth Park/Beacon Hill Boston: “what you want to bet there’s 5 foot man driving that Lamborghini…65 is my guess”.
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Sacha_Chudoba · Accepted Answer

YES , Obviously. Short women aren't immediately unattractive to the opposite gender based solely on height, short men on the other hand are unattractive to a fairly large percentage of women by default unless they have something else they bring to the table to balance the attractive scale, i. e. Huge bank account or resources unavailable to the common guy. Sad really but biological Imperative is a bitch of a current to swim against. Goodluck to any manlettes reaading this, my sympathies.

NamerOfStars · Answer

Because sexual attractiveness is rooted in reproductive viability; you want someone with the cues that indicate you'll be able to have many healthy children who will survive to adulthood together. Or rather, your genes do- what YOU want doesn't enter into the instinctive equation.

For women, that means having the physical markers of youth, health, and fertility- height doesn't affect that. For men, it means having the markers of health, strength, and status- and height DOES affect those.

JamesDiaz11 · Answer

Probably because I've never met a guy who cares what height a girl is in comparison to other girls- it's not one of the factors we judge on. Do we want a girl who's prettier than average? Yes. Do we want a girl who's less run through than other girls? Yes. But as far as how tall she is we don't give af. What, do you imagine guys bragging to their friends about how tall their girls is? The only way they'd brag about her size is if she's SMALLER than usual, which would mean they'll get to "throw her around in bed," or if she's got bigger boobs (for those who are into that- I'm personally not).

Girls generally want a guy taller than them because they want someone bigger than them who can protect them. In the US there is an obsession with 6 feet because that's the demarcation of what's average and what's tall- girls want to brag to their friends about how tall the guy is she's dating.

Effably · Answer

Lets be honest, this is very simple.

Height is part of the generally attractive qualities in men.
Height is not a part of the generally attractive qualities in women.

And that's the full reason. We could dive into how height is a biological signal of your ability to procure food and good nutrition (a core reason the tall countries are taller is an early use of dairy products) and a few other things and so it makes a lot of evolutionary sense. We can also talk about how it conforms to the sense of masculine and feminine but the core is simply that to one gender it is attractive and to the other it doesn't matter as long as it is somewhat normal.

Berethor · Answer

It because tallness is a masculine trait, that's why men are 5 inches taller on average.

God_of_Thunder · Answer

I would assume it's because women generally prefer tall men, and somewhere around 6' is typically stated as a preference.

Men, on the other had, generally like short women, so a woman being below average height isn't usually seen as a negative thing.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

Probably something considered masculine and being dragged along since the Stone Age - the tall man, protecting women and children. Maybe there is a certain element of historic truth in it, after all see what happened to Nick Nack in The Man with the Golden Gun! 😂

ChillaxingLove · Answer

Because people associate hight with strength, even though that isn’t correlated. Being tall gives the impression the person is strong and powerful and that makes women feel safe if the man is taller then them which makes tall men attractive to women.

Anonymous · Answer

Its a lot easier for a short woman to find a man who wants to marry her than for a short man. Because women tend to want to marry up both financially and in height.

The financial bit makes sense as proving fitness the physical height bit is a bit confusing given all the modern day downsides to being big.

Asad1ONE1 · Answer

It's not. It's no different for men and women in what they actually prefer. Many women lie because they are much more insecure than men. They worry much more about looking smaller in public than men worry about looking bigger in public. It's all nurture.

lightbulb27 · Answer

Men need to demonstrate some power to make the female feel feminine.  Tall guys and short girls is somewhat "normal".  It's all generalities, Valdimir putin is short, so was Napoleon...

ZoeyMercer · Answer

I don’t think that’s a valid comparison. I think you need to compare short guys with tall women because short women are actually desirable to most men

nitsuj86 · Answer

Because most women like men that are taller, AND most men like women that are shorter.  Pretty simple

Hardworkingguy · Answer

Because I have never known a woman who would go out with a man shorter than her they usually try to find someone taller. My question would be why do women only care about guys who are taller than they are?

inhua · Answer

men don't care about a woman's height nearly as much as women care about a man's height.

tiajoka · Answer

Because being a tall female is where we’re disenfranchised. Lots of guys view a woman over 5’7 as masculine or not very feminine. It’s the same thing just a different standard.

msc545 · Answer

Because women have a major issue with men being under 6 ft tall and find them on attractive as a result of that. Men do not have the same issue with women's height at all.

UniquelyBasic · Answer

Height is more attached to a mans masculinity.

Anonymous · Answer

Tall is a masculine trait and short is a feminine trait. Unmasculine men and unfeminine women unfortunately get judged.

Anonymous · Answer

Because that is what men want to believe, so they push the lie constantly, and other men eat it up.

Friendlybro79 · Answer

Who's saying these things? Is there a committee that has concluded your question to be a true statement? Lol

HippieVeganJewslim · Answer

Men are socially considered to be protective, strong, fast, smart, big, etc, so of course they are judged to be worse than taller-than-average height.

cheetocandle · Answer

Short men are simply not attractive for the most part due to their height. Women want a strapping tall man to protect us lol

HaveNoName · Answer

I wonder if short height for men has any equivalence to short boy-cut kind of hair for women.

LiamJHayden · Answer

Because rarely do guys care if she's only 5' tall, but a lot of women will not date guys under 5'9, or even under 6'

Andrewsmith14 · Answer

Do you live under a rock, this question shouldn’t really need to be asked.

Jamie05rhs · Answer

Because females want dudes that are taller than them.

Dav1dTh0ma389 · Answer

Because society tells women that they have to be the shorter, thinner person in the relationship. Why. I don't know

Kingofkings1992 · Answer

That’s the way the male brain works. Being short is perceived as unmanly to the male brain, similar to having a small penis. Opposite is true for girls. Being short is adorable for girls.

Randalama · Answer

Because weak men impose that limitation upon themselves. Women pretend they are an influence.

JamesRandiDebates · Answer

A short bitch can catch a dick anytime she's willing to spread her legs. A short guy, not so easy.

bamesjond0069 · Answer

Because short girls are highly desired. Short men is undesirable.

peedy · Answer

Think back to when we lived in caves and you will find your answer

Anonymous · Answer

Dating is primarily female-centric unless the guy is a celebrity or has a huge amount of money like those guys in the picture.

Anonymous · Answer

What huh? Short guys are fine! Often more kind of anything

CoolCatMar1 · Answer

Because people are shallow

Anonymous · Answer

for guys it's height for women it's weight either being to skinny or to fat

churbleburble78 · Answer

It's emasculating

Crankor · Answer

Because women are already in general shorter

Anonymous · Answer

Because being petite is cute!

PatriceONeal · Answer

Because women are shallow

Twalli · Answer

Men are less concerned about height than women.

Anonymous · Answer

Only to silly people.

JosyJosy · Answer

Men care less.

Luckycharms12 · Answer

Male probably

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