Height discrimination stories

Sorry if this topic was made already. Let's hear out some stories.

Dont make this forum r/short

It's not my intention. My intention is for LL veterans and planers to share their stories of how discrimination changed them.

Quote from: daikioni on August 17, 2020, 03:10:53 PMDont make this forum r/short

This is silly. Ignoring height descrimination on this forum is like ignoring sunlight for plants. If it weren't for height descrimination people wouldn't want to be taller.

There are plenty of people who have experienced minimal discrimination and do this to simply removing that nagging voice in the back of their head that makes them feel like   and unhappy. Height discrimination exists, but I read just as many diaries where the person did not face significant height discrimination and/or did the surgery because of height discrimination.

Sixth grade performing arts. ghkid, I believe I already told you this story.

I had filled out a list of preferred roles for the skits we would be performing for our families and also in front of the entire school. Then, when the roles were announced, I was assigned a childish role that I had intentionally excluded from my list. The teacher said right after, "You'd make a good (character name)!"
I knew immediately that it was at least partially and if not entirely height-related. Until I started homeschooling in 7th grade, I went to a small private K-8 school and I was always THE shortest kid in my grade, no question about it. (Until I was 12 or 13 I had NEVER met a kid my age shorter than me, if that's saying something). There were no similarities besides me being small and short. I was also very self-aware, which is why my height dysphoria started as soon as 5 years old rather than my teenage years. There was no way I was going to play that part and portray myself as the least mature kid as well.

I tried multiple times to politely bring it up with the teacher.

Attempt 1:
Me: May I have a different part? I didn't put this part on my list.
Teacher: That's what you wanted! You wanted a lot of lines. (Of course what I got isn't what I wanted, otherwise I wouldn't be bringing it up.)
Me: But I don't want to be laughed at in ways I wouldn't want to be laughed at. (aka by acting childish)
Teacher: That's all a part of being an actor.
(I didn't know how to respond)

Attempt 2 ended in her gently saying "Oh, stop fussing!". I knew I couldn't accept that because it was a huge deal to me and the teacher was taking my issue extremely lightly. For attempt 3, I kind of broke down and did something a bit less peaceful, which got me into a lot of trouble, but ultimately got me assigned a different part.

Anyway, this is one of my biggest stories about height discrimination. I have some that are arguably worse, but those are a little less discrimination and more overall just made me feel bad about my height.

Currently I'm happy with everything else about my body except for my height. If I were in a virtual universe like the OASIS in Ready Player One, I could imagine my character being a taller version of myself.

I didn't discriminate either, I'll feel better, that's all

Quote from: ghkid2019 on August 17, 2020, 08:40:51 PMThere are plenty of people who have experienced minimal discrimination and do this to simply removing that nagging voice in the back of their head that makes them feel like   and unhappy. Height discrimination exists, but I read just as many diaries where the person did not face significant height discrimination and/or did the surgery because of height discrimination.

People aren't unhappy with a trait for no reason if it didn't impact them in a negative way. To me they're or the less the same issue. I don't know why we have to pretend like height discrimination isn't a big factor in getting LL. This is clearly obvious to everyone. The problem is the discrimination not short people. If there was no discrimination against short people then people wouldn't dislike being short.

This is not entirely true, it does not have to be discriminatory to complain about height. Everyone below the average will feel short, long height being the most important factor today is among the sufficient reasons.

Quote from: drxboom on August 17, 2020, 10:06:28 PMThis is not entirely true, it does not have to be discriminatory to complain about height. Everyone below the average will feel short, long height being the most important factor today is among the sufficient reasons.

Well nobody said you couldn't complain about height but why don't you want people talking about height discrimination? I'm only doing this because I am sick of the discrimination and bullying. It's the reason why I started hating my height and I bet that's why most short people hate their height too. It also gave me poor self esteem and neurosis. There is a reason why you don't like being shorter than everyone else because being shorter makes you prone to more discrimination thus lowering your quality of life and increasing it's difficulty. That's why they are more or less the same issue. If I just felt shorter than everyone else then I would not get this surgery. Everyone has some sort of issue with their legs even years after post op. It will without a doubt affect your body and you'll never be the same.