What is a good minimum height?

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So for a little context, I am a 23 year old man from an Asian country, where the average male height is 5 foot 7 inch, and the average female height is 5 foot 3 inch. I myself am 5 foot 8 inch.

Originally, I thought that my height was decent, not the best but it works. However, after downloading TikTok I soon realized that anything less than 6 foot is considered a manlet. As a result, I searched online about this topic, and the results were like this:

Height > Face + Body (for the most part, not talking about the extreme cases
Money can get you a girl but she will most likely cheat with or leave for a taller guy
The bare minimum height is dependent on the country, but something 1 inch shorter than the average male height in that country

So, I understood that height is pretty significant factor, but I still have some confusions. These are the questions left unanswered from online searches, for which I want an brutally honest answer. (I do not want lollipop answers where you try to convince me that height is just copium, and be your best self etc).

What is a good minimum height (you can also answer in poll)? I want the minimum height for a slightly above average Joe, that a decently good looking girl can consider happily and seriously. Not the bare minimum height that requires other factors like money or personality and face or status etc to be in the top 1 percent.
How much does physique offset height? From the online searches, I figured out that height makes someone look masculine and strong, but by extension, so does muscles. So how much does the body offset height. Can a 5' 8" dude who is jacked with machine gun arms be considered equivalently attractive to a 6 foot dude who is thin.

Please be brutally honest about this topic. Do not hesitate to say that "I am sorry I do not date anything less than 6' 3" or I am sorry being 5' 8" is hopeless". I would not think that you are rude, arrogant, or delusional.

SueShe · Accepted Answer

I must say that you are delusional if you solely rely on this social media to judge others solely for fornication purposes.

Let me take the examples of India and China. Combined, those 2 countries account for more than 2.8 billion people or roughly 35% of the world population and neither country is famous for its very tall people.

Now, let's do some basic calculation. For the purpose of simplification, let's say that 50% of both the Chinese and Indians are married to women. That would give roughly 1.4 billion couples or 700 million men that are married in those 2 countries alone.

Now, do you really believe that those 700 million men did care whether this social media told them that they are too small? Do you honestly believe it impacts on the person you can marry? This social media is crap and garbage and if you rely on it, you will die an old and lonely man. Guaranteed.

PrettyPriya · Accepted Answer

You should not let what social media says affect your thinking. It is all rubbish. Also, height is not something that most girls care about. I certainly do not. We look for more important things like personality, character, values and so on. Those intangible things are far more important than altitude off the ground.

Personally, if I were single and our personalities matched, I would have no problem with your height. I am shorter than that anyhow. If I were taller, I still would not have an issue if you were a great guy.

Right now, my partner is much taller than I am. I wish we were closer in height. Either if he were shorter or I was taller, it would be much better. Alas, we cannot help who we fall in love with. The height of the person has nothing to do with love.

Berethor · Accepted Answer

The manlet meme is popular in fitness threads, so yea height tend to be more important than muscle mass, and men can become more muscular but they can't become taller ( without surgery) and women know that. Bare minimum height dependent not only on country but also on individual, women want men who are taller than themselves, and there is women who are much taller or much shorter than the average in their country, I would say that women want a man who is at least 5 inches taller than themselves, maybe 4 inches in Asia.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/manlet

Avicenna · Accepted Answer

I don't think you have a problem. The height of men in other countries is pretty irrelevant to women in yours. And don't believe everything you see online- the full range of viewpoints are rarely represented or represented accurately.

AnaBanana123 · Answer

if girls tell you height doesn't matter they are lying. behind your back they will talk with their friends about height of men. if they say they like a short guy, its because he has a very handsome face. Id say my minimum height for men is 5'7 , but i prefer above 6 ft

comicsign12 · Answer

6'3 is the best height in the world, many 6'3 people have made me feel inferior intentionally as they were 6'3 and I was 6'1, they would say many things and so and others would say I would never be a top for a girl or guy, this one in particular, anything below 6'3 is manlet, and 6'1 is like you pathetic weasel and couldn't grow to 6'3 and 5'8 is an actual intersting height as it is 5 and 8, not 6 and and a small number like 1 so you are ok. I know girls taller than me, by a lot, or not by much, it don't matter, it does if you want to compete, not compare

In_Trance · Answer

Bruh...

Agape93 · Answer

Ffs why are guys so obsessed with height

Anonymous · Answer

I say 5'8 or taller.

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