Why does American men prefer short girls?

[Anonymous]

Why does American men prefer short girls while in Europe being tall as a girl is as important as being tall as a man? Does cultures effect preference of short or tall girls so much?

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[Kurαȷ]

Because Americans *are* short, especially women.

Most Whites in the US are of British and Irish origin, who happen to be the shortest of White people.
And then there are Black, Hispanic and Asian women who significantly lower the female height average even further.

The tallest of whites in America are Germans, but only representing 17% of the white population, they can't compare to European countries where tall whites of Germanic, Slavic and Nordic origin can represent close to 100% of the population.

So, when the majority of your class is made up of 5'6~5'10 tall girls, you probably aren't going to develop strong liking for 5 foot tall women.

[Asker]

I think it is different than average height itself. Let me explain;
UK and US have excatly the same average height however I experienced guys in UK have a preference for taller women (ie taller than average). In US, there are more guys prefer "shorter than average" than taller than average.
I have discussed with a Swedish girl who is 5'4". 2" shorter than average in her country and she said girls around her height have problems in dating market since guys in Sweden exclusively prefer girls taller than their average (ie over 5'6")
5'4" girl in Sweden is like 5'2" girl in US if we equate but I can hardly say a 5'2" girl have issues in dating market in US since most American men have nothing against a girl slightly shorter than average.
Having preference for taller or shorter women is different from average height. Better explanation; guys in America prefer larger height difference than guys in Europe.

[Kurαȷ]

Unusual if true.
But yeah, it seems that this culture of "men having to be taller" is a lot more prominent in the US.
I'm 5'9" in an European country where that is considered quite short, but it never really got in the way of me dating.
This "6ft men" obsession in the US does seems disproportionate, especially considering that US is among the shortest of developed countries.

Another reason might be the fact that the US also prefers their women "thicker", whereas the "thin model look" is still a big thing in some countries of Europe.
And, of course, it is a lot easier for short women to be "curvy", than it is for tall women with long limbs.

[Asker]

I think the 6ft tall men obsession in US is directly related to men prefering shorter women too.

Girls want tall men and it is universal but guys want short women or tall women is not universal and this impact the market.

For example lets assume most Swedish girls want 6' men. The difference between US is, the same preference applies for women too. Most guys there want 5'9"+ girls as well. This makes short men and short women in same boat. Therefore only more demanded ie tall girls have the right to have such a demand. We can't say short men in Europe are disadvantaged because short women are also less prefered. 5'4" girl in Sweden would be perfectky happy with 5'7" guy because she will know that 6' guy won't want her as well.

Whereas In US, guys do not care about height of girl or either prefer short girls. 5'2" girl can gladly require a 6' guy because most of tall guys here have nothing against a 5'2" girl. This preference makes short men in a disadvantaged situation because short women can also demand tall men as well as tall girls.

It is my observation. Anyway height does not play such a big role for mature and less shallow person. Many tall girls date with short men and many tall men date with short women. I dont know how is it in Slovakia by the way.

[cavmanier]

I think it's like a half and half preference in the US. I don't think I have much preference really. Both can be attractive. Culture does seem to have an impact.

[Asker]

Is it? Well you are the male one, so you probably know better than me. Some guys here tell short girls are heavily favored in US. Is it true or?

[cavmanier]

I've seen lots of height preference surveys on here and the preferences seem to be similar. There was a period where I did have a thing for short, petite girls. That can be very attractive. It totally depends though. I've dated a lot of taller women with model type bodies as well and they can be very desirable to me. My good friend that I would go meet women with only liked tall girls. He loved them a lot. He's 6'1" and I remember this one time he was dancing and talking to this girl college volleyball player that was like 6'2". I don't think most guys in the US really care that much about height. A beautiful girl can come short or tall.

[Jemini_Crocket]

I think it's because the average height is (only) 5'7 for guys in the US. 5'6 is the average for women in my country so yeah, they're short.

Guys usually prefer women who are shorter than they are but that's it, they don't look for a specific height.

And let's be honest, many US guys are just insecure. The West just went wrong.

[Asker]

Average in US 5'4" for girls and 5'10" for guys. Same as UK.
However you can see the difference between UK and US even. If you ask a random guy in UK what is the ideal height for women, he will say taller than 5'6" or 5'7" however guys in US are more likely to say 5'3"-5'4".
Not to say being tall is a bad thing in US but they mostly prefer girls under their height.
I have discussed with a girl from sweden and she was 5'4". SHe told me she had problems in dating due to men preferin tall girls over there. As I know average in Sweden is 5'6" so 5'4" is a few inches shorter than average. But it is very uncommon for a 5'2" girl (same degree shorter than average in US) have problem in dating market. You can see here that being shorter or taller than average have different impact for women in different cultures. Where are you from and how is it in your country?

[Anonymous]

Being tall as a girl is not that important in Europe. I'm European and very short, but I've never had any troubles with guys. The few that I've dated were quite a bit above average in height and preferred short girls.

[Asker]

Which country? Thought especially in Scandinavia girls have excatly the same problem short men have

[Apple1996]

They just want to be taller then there girl. It's very normal here.

[BeMuse]

Because the manly men left Europe to go to America to conquer the frontier and live off the fat of the land and the weak ones were left behind in the old country and they need a big strong woman to protect them.

[Anonymous]

They’re easier to fuck in the shower cause they generally weigh less.

[waynecollins]

Im American. I like all types.

[Matt57]

I don’t know, I prefer tall women.

[CoffeeWC]

Same reason the girls prefer taller guys.

[vald9inches]

No clue

[vald9inches]

But i do love short girls!! 😍😍😍

[Anonymous]

They eat less.

[WithLoveFromParadise]

They are cute