Short men frowned upon!

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I bet now some 'guy' with a post count 1-2 will start a thread saying how he doesn't like women taller than him.

It happened before just after a thread like this one, the "coincidental" timing was....funny..

Because we can't reach weapons from the top shelf

Karma effect? Also I never said I wouldn't be attracted to a shorter guy just wouldn't be like "seeking guy under 6ft". Intelligence, humor and attractiveness would be enough for me not to be put off by height.

I have met a few guys who have that short man syndrome, like the whole world is against them because they are short and that puts me off. My old housemate was short though (5ft2") and was pretty chill. He was really artsy and intelligent so was always popular. His current girlfriend is a girl friend is pretty lanky.

But if they don't want to date a taller girl then no problem I hope they find a girl right for them

How tall are you Alliekit?

Just a little above average at 5ft7

I've been called short, scrappy, runt etc and I'm 5'9.5. The world doesn't make a whole deal of sense anymore, unless the post 1990's generation of Scottish kids now average close to 6'0 (which I doubt).

Regarding the reason why some women won't date short because they have a supposed "bad temper", "chippy" or "Short Man Syndrome" - I don't think it actually exists. What they are doing (the Heightist people that don't like short men) are removing responsibility from themselves and plonking it onto the short man and labelling it a Syndrome or attitude, cleverly conscripting short men as the angry enemy for the cause. Classic "blame shifting".

In any event if a short man does take offense to being treated as less then isn't it normal for him to react? I mean if a guy called a fat woman less of a woman or made fun of her weight, he would be labelled an ass, and she would react and not be labelled to have an alleged syndrome, temper or attitude. At least weight isn't immutable.

Last edited by Sometime World on 16 Mar 2017, 10:03 am, edited 1 time in total.

and so you wouldn't actively seek for guys from 5ft7 to 5ft9, so you are dismissing millions of guys just because of that. Not actively seeking them = means that you don't find them attractive; it means that they lack something significant for you and they have to compensate it with other traits to impress you.
Let's be honest on that.

Wow Alliekit, and you who were butthurt on that other guy because he wouldn't date a woman little fatter than him.

Sorry, I shall lecture this on you too:

This thread is explosive, can't you see your own double standard? Seriously seriously Alliekit and Sweeleaft, hear me well:

When next time a guy says he won't date a woman little fatter than him, don't feel butthurt, Ok? You don't have the moral right to even criticize him because you are no better.

The more you argue with women the less intelligent you get.

Some of these female posters reminds me of Emilia Clarke, who recently said she preferred men with dad bodies.

This is pretty much her way of trying to defeat the AWALT stereotype. It's her way of trying to appear like a sophisticated woman who isn't like the rest. "I am not like THOSE women who go for tall, buff, masculine alpha types, I am smart so I go for smart men with brains instead of brawn because I am such a smart sophisticated woman".

BS. It's her trying to market herself as "better" than other women, and to cleverly elevate her popularity as an actress. She was probably told to say it by her manager, in fact.

If you hear women talking like this, ignore it and know they are full of ****. How many times have you heard it from women. "I want a man who is nice, caring, sweet, a gentleman, a good guy, someone who is there for me and emotional. I don't care if he's skinny, short [insert any other negative physical attribute]". Then they flick their beans at a tall, buff muscled alpha in the bar, workplace or on Tinder and OKCupid, only ignoring -- or even abusing -- the soft-bodied, shorter, "nice guys".

I've heard that from just about every woman I've come across in my life. That the way to get a woman isn't to be a muscular in shape masculine alpha, but to be a nice sweet caring emotional nice guy. We all learned, most of us the hard way, that its all 100% BS. This is no different. Lift, eat right, stay in shape. No matter how many times you hear it, and how many articles you see online about how women are attracted to the soft, low-muscled dad bod, ignore it all.

P.S Emilia Clarkes ex boyfriends all look tall, in shape and handsome.

A tall angry man is called a tall angry man - a short angry man they call him short man syndrome.

That's the real difference.

Short men are called "psycho" as well, if they dare to stand up against their oppressors.

If people treat you badly because of your height at work, HR should address it. If people treat you badly in social settings, you may need to change society.

Regarding tastes and stereotypes in romantic attraction, the situation here parallels others. People obviously have the right to accept or reject whomever they want. However, the basis for that rejection becomes a subject for debate when they specify it. If you don't want anyone to challenge you as a bigot, you should probably keep it to yourself when you reject someone based on the circumstances of their birth, rather than the choices that they have made.

What, where did I say that?

Are you 5'9.5 in shoes or barefoot? 5'9.5 is not short at all for a man in the U.S/UK it's actually just about average but maybe not a 'strong' average like 5'11.

What are you on about I never said that? Either of those things. I would happily date a guy that was 5ft7. Also that quote isn't mine

Don't accuse me of a double standard when there is not one. Makes you look like your jumping to conclusions (pshh let me tell you a secret you are). Are you that insecure yu need to make up things I didn't say?

oh my god hahaahahaahahah i just realised you thought my example was my personal opinion. Apologies if i didnt explain myself well i just picked a number off the top of my head. What i meant is that i would not specify height, like I wouldnt be like "seeking guy shorter than me" (disclaimer this is my personal opinion).

either way though I never said i wouldnt date a short guy just wouldnt actively seek it. Not the same thing as some guys were who were saying they wouldnt date a big no matter what.

Even then i never took issue with guys not being attracted to bigger girls (which is normal and that persons choice). I took issue with them being categorised as a "step down" even if they had loads of other good points.

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All this was said in this context, your own words:


In other term, 5'7 to 5'9 guys are less attractive to you than 6+ despite you're being 5'7.

Hence why I lectured you the Sweetleaf words.