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Dating is a process of elimination. You like this guy based on this, you don't like that guy based on that. Nobody is open to everyone, so you have to choose what you want to narrow down your pool of eligible candidates.
Having said all of that, one girl wanting a guy over 6 ft is OK, but if 90% of women want a guy over 6 ft and these guys are only less than 15% of the population, then you start to see a problem. In this case it's not about discrimination, it's about not being realistic. You're entitled to your opinion, but you need to understand that just because you like someone doesn't mean they have to like you back. That's basically how it works.
Nobody is only defined by 1 aspect about themselves. It's ridiculous calling someone "the tall guy" or "the introvert" when they have so much more to them than just that. This unidimentional way of thinking is unrealistic and it's the reason why a lot of people are unsuccessful at dating, but hey like I said you write your own story.
No. Everyone has preferences when it comes to romantic attraction. No one has to justify their preferences. They are what they are. We have no control over what we find physically attractive.
Is it discrimination to prefer guys with beards or good hair or strong muscles?
Is it discrimination for guys to prefer short girls or girls with red hair?
Is it discrimination to say obesity matters?
Is it discrimination to reject trans-women?
People who cry discrimination are insecure and jealous. They think they are owed something.
Natural selection is our job as girls and short genes will go extinct. It's not discrimination and for the improvement of humanity. xD We just filter out defective genes.
There is castle of Malbork (Marienburg) close to city where I'm living and armors of men living in 12, 13 and 14 century are small. Those guys were 130-150 cm tall. Nowadays average guy in my country is 180cm. What did happen?
It's a rhetorical question.
Technically, yes, but dating is all about discrimination.
People have preferences, that's not a bad thing. If your preference is a man 5'10 or taller, that's fine. If your preference is a man shorter than 6ft, that's fine. If your preference is someone taller than you, doesn't matter if it's one inch or ten, that's also fine.
Men have preferences too, don't feel bad about yours.
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Just tell the truth. The main reason this issue gets brought up is to point out hypocrisy between what women say they want, but really want... as well as what they say they do, and what they really do.
It's all about that deep desire for women to just give whatever answer they think sounds good instead of being honest. Take notice of the women that are honest, most dudes just congratulate her on being honest. That says a lot about what it's about.
No, it’s just a preference
Yes. But who says discrimination is bad? If we didn’t discriminate we would be like lower primates , animals. We all discriminate, some discrimination is inherently evil but most is necessary to survive. These are just personal standards that aren’t necessarily bad or good.
I personally have decided marriages arranged by parents are best, the rest takes an incredible amount of discrimination to choose the best partner and an incredible amount of work and commitment on each of the partners involved to have a happy successful marriage and raise good children.
So discriminate and discriminate well, we only have so much time on this planet and kids only have two genetically invested parents.
Most women don't actually care about height. They care about role reflection.
So if you look older than them they expect you to look taller, like a father figure, because they have daddy issues (a red flag for this is wanting a guy to provide or be their safety blanket, instead of just growing up)
If you look younger than them however, they are fine with shorter, because its cute and now you're their "baby" mentality kicks in.
In either case, women who care about either, tend outgrow that in their 30s.
And the women who are sane enough to be wife material, typically do not misappropriate relationships into parental roles to begin with, so they never care about height to begin with.
Also, the correct answer is always the honest one, just keep in mind that a partial truth is still a lie, so saying hieght matters is really just lying, you should say you're scared of the vulnerability being an adult brings, as there are other ways a guy will address that problem.
the issue is not what you bieve (anymore) per se, its about the fact that so many women have been vocal about a guy's height that men now take it more as an "all women" have a stigma about men's height. many such issues in dating stem from simular usage (both directions) and us akin to "the boy who cried wolf" phsycology to it. too many say or mention something for too long and/or too often, even though its a nothing "issue", it becomes a real issue. unfortunately, people in this era of things only pile on more instead of trying to actually pay attention to root causes and make things worse, thinking they are fixing something. which is often from trying to fix symptoms instead of the actual issues.
Discrimination: The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people.
Now, is it unjust to say height matters? Well not really because you can make a case for the advantages and disadvantages. But is it prejudicial? Yes. A short person can’t do anything about their height so it’s just like discriminating against someone with a physical disability.
This contrasts with the male preference for thin over fat because a fat person is able to change their eating habits and or exercise regularly in order to lose weight and men generally do not hold prejudicial preferences for height.
I hope this answers your question.
You can always have your preferences , just 2 things (Not personal)
1) Don't have too high preferences (Like 6'5 Blue eyes ripped and 200k a year) and blame men for that
2) Don't blame men for any similar preference , that would be hypocrisy
At the end of the day, everyone can have personal preferences in their partner and judging that is not good no matter the gender
How do you really feel? Does height matter to you?
In my opinion, it’s not discrimination. It’s what you’re attracted to and that’s your right. By the same token, if a guy prefers girls with big boobs, that’s not discrimination either. It’s extremely shallow not to fight your own innate prejudices and give other girls a chance, but it’s not discriminatory. It’s your choice, just like it’s a girls choice to prefer tall guys.
Yes it's discrimination by the definition of the word. But we all do it.
m Discrimination is everywhere? when you select a guy because he is decent, you are being discriminative. For good reasons. Exaggerating to make a point here. Your personal preferences regarding attraction don't need to be justified by the judge in your mind. The judge in us will judge yes, but that doesn't mean he is right.
If you're facing someone who doesn't recognize that such
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recognize that such taste is personal and harmless, then this person is not very thoughtful, or quite unstable, so better trying to find smarter persons, more balanced, I think :D
Everyone has their own preference, if we are short and someone likes tall person. It means we are not their type. As simple as that.
But i made a question few times ago
“Does height matter?”.
There is a dude who pissed off and reply every girl’s comment who said they want tall guy. He seems so salty. I guess he is so short and it hurt him😬
Nope.
It’s just preference. Others can hear it and label it to their taste and blame you for the story they made up. 😂
Anyways, the challenge with height is it’s not something can be changed. Where as if someone’s chubby/skinny (depends on your preference or taste) or someone could have dark/light hair, these can be altered.
But, a good solid amount of women don’t mind a man’s height until the dude brings it up lol
Same for his body or clothing style, we have a lot of perseverance when it comes to things.
Most guys will initiate a solid “Nope” on little stuff, they’ll deny this as well.
Say it as it is but keep it factual, logical and very brief. Make a statement and not an open conversation and not a question.
Cheers
I don't see it as discrimination. I am a tall woman and I have been surrounded by taller men my whole life and it's what I am attracted to. Physical traits matter and I am more attracted to tall men rather than shorter men ( shorter than myself). Is that discrimination? Not from where I am standing. Either you like something or you don't. It's as simple as that.
@thegreenyogi I wouldn’t say that’s discrimination…now if you would respect a short man less or would be more likely to pick a tall man for a job than a short man…then that would be discrimination
It shouldn’t be a deal breaker. Sometimes Social Media sells it like the whole thing is over because he’s 5’11.5. Those women need some perspective.
I’m sure if I rejected a woman because she wasn’t 5’6 or shorter I wouldn’t hear the end of it.
Technically yes it would be considered discrimination. But my thing is this, just be honest. But don’t get all bent out of shape the way a lot of women do when he says well yes body count matters. Or he doesn’t date women who are taller than him. For some reason it seems to be ok for women to have all these standards but if a man has standards he’s this or he’s that. If he won’t date fat women he’s fat phobic.
It also comes down to how realistic your standards are.
Addressing the word "preference": it's not a preference if everyone has the same preference, it's a stereotype. And this one particularly is mental and linked to the concept of masculinity, men being bigger and more dominant (aka patriarchy). If you support any other ideology that contradicts this, you are a bit delusional and that's why met get salty at such comments. You can't really have your cake and eat it too
Just tell them anyone taller than your height so you don’t look taller than them when together. What gets me are women that are 5’3” and only want a 6 foot or taller guy I think is where men get annoyed mostly since men aren’t as critical with height like that
People are allowed their own preferences. Some guys feel it's a little unfair though since height can't be changed while the main male preferences such as weight and boob size can be changed. I understand why women prefer taller men, but sometimes it also seems that women these days are very quick to reject men.
Why even say? Some things that could come out as offensive are better kept inside.. I am a very direct one, but some things are better left unsaid, I would not want to hurt anyones feelings for no reason.
just tell the truth and don't worry about what they think, you'll be better off.
it's a preference and discrimination, but discrimination is part of being human you have a right to.
Sometimes the answer is yes and no.
I mean in a very technical kind of way yes? But is it wrong? No. I don't think its wrong to discriminate in dating based on what you find attractive in a partner. I wouldn't see what the healthy alternative to that would be.
I guess it depends in how you define "discrimination." In a broad sense--yes that is discrimination. But not in the sense of say, not hiring someone because of their height. The latter is illegal and immoral, the former is just noting a difference.
I don't see it as discrimination. To me a woman is a nitwit if she makes a point of saying height matters. I reject any woman that says "must be at least 6 foot tall", just on principle. Because if she makes silly decisions on stuff like that is isn't going to get any better from there.
up to a certain degree from me. i wouldn't date someone shorter than me but if he is around the same height as me or the same i wouldn't mind. Im 163cm
@JHAYES317 obviously he would have to be significantly shorter and appear so. Did i really have to write around the same height? 🙄
No. It's a preference like blue eyes or red hair!! Who TF would be so dumb and petty to criticize that let alone call it discrimination. Asshole.
Well you can maybe say it is one criteria amongst several. Ultimately discrimination doesn't apply to dating, you are allowed to exclude anyone on any grounds you want from your list of potential partners.
The act of selecting one man out of all the billions is *by definition* discriminating.
It's a preference, like my antipathy towards obese women.
towards dating them that is.
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Tell it to my face and do not lie. It's not like you say kill all fill in the blank or f--k fill in the name of the country or VOTE insert paid liar here.
The safest answer is just what you're honestly thinking. When they think I lie I just go "if you think I lie, go ahead I don't care"
It’s not discrimination if you simply aren’t attracted to a guy for being short, it is discrimination if you view short men as inferior to tall men though…
Discrimination is a legal term. You're allowed to choose whoever you want in dating.
Of course it's discrimination.
I don't like redheads. That's discrimination.
Everyone discriminates.
As a kinda short guy, I don't hold it against women for liking what they do so long as they extend the same courtesy back to me.
And I'd much rather someone be honest with me.
Men and women are allowed to have their own preferences when it comes to mate choice. Most women care about a man's height and most men care about a woman's weight. It is what it is.
nope, no more than when guys say boob size matters, or only blonds, or short, or tall...
Legally no. It's not a group registered with ADA laws
I'm not sure, at 5 foot 11, I seem to get enough eyeballs from women attractively lol ♀️ 👁️👁️
Not at all, it's just a preference in dating. If a women told me she only dated tall guys then that's what she finds attractive.
Not really, though those same women who bitch about a man's height will hate on men who say "no fat chicks".. When a man's height can't be changed, but a woman's weight can be changed..
Basically those women who care about a man's height have no room to complain about men who won't date obese/fat girls.
It is, but height is hardly protected grounds for discrimination purposes. It’s more like a preference.
not sure that applies to discrimination, be more like personal preference.
I think is just in our dna. 🧬 I prefer a man who’s taller than me. Makes you feel protected and think we are just hardwired that way. But some women don’t seem to feel that. Just depends on the woman
@nativemoonchild777 no it’s not lol…it’s just a social thing. Wanting a strong man is biological yeah…but there are plenty of weak ass tall men
lol I mean yes there are tall weak men.
Discrimination is an important and healthy part of being human. If it's not hurting someone, choose freely and if someone gets butt hurt about it that's on them.
It is no more discriminating than most other things people call discrimination these days. The term has been made a mockery off by woke fools.
That is I no way discrimination, strictly personal opinion
Nope is it discrimination if men said they want a skinny woman? You will claim its a preference so why is it different when women have a preference
nope. i like guys 5'8 and up. i am 5'3
No. People are allowed preferences.
I think its called shallow.
No. People are entitled to their own preferences.
Not really for me it’s how they treat people.
Yes, but most women like taller men.
Height discrimination
That's allowed
Nope
Pretty much, yeah.
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