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Do you think i could earn a lot of money though being a keanu reeves lookalike?

I didn't say impossible, just that the difficulties posed by AS are more of a problem than those posed by being 2 inches shorter than you think you should be.

That's not my area of expertise. Sorry.

A lot of women prefer tall guys, like a lot of men like short women. And as for the girl that said she "liked tall men", she probably just didn't want to give you a chance for some reason she didn't want to admit. But that's not always the case, I mean I'm like 5'9" and every guy I've dated has either been shorter than me or about exactly the same height.

I'm 5 feet 4 inches. How do you think I feel being shorter than most women.

I'm 5'4" and in my life I've liked guys ranging from 5'2" to 6'4". I've dated ones between 5'8" and 6'3", so no, I don't think height matters that much. It might be something women find attractive, but in the end, if he's tall and he's still a jerk, he's not going to be that hot.

Well I think its better to be a tall girl than a short guy because a tall girl could look like a model and who does not want to date a model?

i think women place a lot more importance on the height of thier partner than men do.

That is if you are an average to tall guy. Trust me, guys that are shorter than average (say my height or less), often think more about height than you do. I've known plenty of shorter guys who wouldn't want to date a taller girl, even if she was a super model.

Your right quesonrias I mean its not like a death sentence if your a short guy or a tall women its just an inconveniance and you might have to try harder than people who are more genetically gifted on the height department than you.

The problem is though is that if your a tall girl then tall guys will more often than not have a prefence for short or average height women so not only your getting rejected by tall guys but also by short men as well. I think the problem is tall men want a position of power in a relationship and that is why they want short girls to get the feeling of being the provider and the protector.

do short women reject short or average height men because there holding out for a tall man? Like i said as well short men would also face the problem of being rejected by tall girls that want tall men so really being a tall guy is nothing but an advantage in every aspect On the other hand tall women do age better than short and average girls because they stay slim.

Eventually the planet will be ruled by only short women and tall men. we can try and deniy it as much we want but in human society it really is surivival of the fittest i am afraid.

No, it's a well known fact that all generalizations are false. Ha, but seriously, there are a lot of women that aren't shy about the fact they like guys to be taller than them. I've seen quite a few online dating profiles where the woman is about 5'10" and mentions she would like to date a guy taller than she is. This is no different than some men's weight and/or cup size requirements.

Well that means that 95% of men are taller so that shouldn't be a problem.

I am 5'10" and my wife is 5'0. I can rest my chin on the top of her head.

lol...no we women on the shorter side do not reject short or average height men because we are holding out for a tall man. Nature may run on survival of the fittest, but the beauty of it is, we women (believe it or not) do have brains that allow us to over-ride some of nature's basic cues

*not being overly sarcastic, btw...just friendly sarcasm

That's sweet!

Ariel can the difficulties posed by AS be improved and worked on?

So says Disney and other sources of cultural propaganda, but not true. Ultimately, women tend to want someone at least making what they make -- why would a woman want to take an economic step backwards if she had just busted her ass to get through college and grad school, only to marry a janitor?

Yes, there are exceptions, and I married someone significantly below my income level, but then again, I could afford it, and it wasn't like there was a big crowd around me to choose from

To the OP's original question --

Realistically, women look at their own height as the bare minimum, maybe an inch shorter if the guy is really worth it. Studies show that women prefer their height +10%. I also have the feeling that extremely short women do tend to overcompensate and go for extra tall guys -- I'm 6'2", and all of my GF's, except one (she was 5' 6") were clustered around the 5ft 1" average height.

So -- if you are a very short woman, you have a lot of options -- literally 75%-95% of men will be taller than you (case in point, if you are 5' 2" and a woman).

If you are a tall woman, your choices get more limited the taller you get. When a woman starts getting above the 5'7" level or so, my observation is that things rapidly drop off for each additional inch of height. 5'10" or over? At that point, yeah, it probably is the first thing you look at if you are a woman, unless you've resigned yourself to hoping shorter guys won't mind a woman bigger than they are.

Short men -- same problem as the woman above, but in reverse.

Tall men -- the most choice, before other factors are considered.

Short men and tall women should probably take drastic action if they find they are consistently underperforming where they live -- height does vary by region, so a short man might want to move to a country with a shorter average height (South and Central America, South-East and Central Asia, etc.) and a tall woman might want to move to northern Europe, where men average 5' 10".

I'm a woman who married for love. Who knew I was lying to myself. Would you please tell me what women want because I'm obviously so clueless about my own desires?



Because she loves him and he loves her. Saying a woman needs a man to make more than her is a perpetuation of the sexism that a man must make more than woman to feel like a man. I reject that. A career of any type is nice for someone to have because it is an easy manifestation of ambition and direction; but either a man or a woman will put a career on hold to raise a child full-time if a single income will carry the household. This decision should be made based on who earns more to provide a more substantial income and who is more parental. Sometimes the woman earns more and sometimes it's the man who's more parental.

These dynamics exist and it's really about time we stop calling them "exceptions" and stop calling women out to tell them what they desire is Disney propaganda. We haven't quite achieved gender equality but I refuse to believe it's a fairy tale. There's just too many "exceptions" for that to be true.