Studies are conflicting actually: https://www.medicaldaily.com/perfect-man-short-men-likely-be-better-life-partners-more-money-300358
I've read more than once that shorter men who marry have a lower divorce rate. But while studies do a decent job of quantifying whatever they set out to research, they cannot measure the quality of the people in the relationship (i.e. are they "high status" or not). That said, a woman who dates/marries a shorter man is clearly not concerned with shallow traits or outside pressure to conform to norms vs. those who discriminate against physical traits. It makes sense that selection based on deeper qualities leads to healthier long term relationships. I struggle with this because on one hand, LL is interesting for all the reasons in this forum. But on the other hand, do I really want to date a woman who would not have dated me for who I am because she is shallow? A shallow woman probably doesn't make for the best long term partner. They might get bored and leave anyway at the next shiny object. Also, the longer the relationship, the less height (or any physical traits) matter.
Quote from: esta241 on June 08, 2021, 03:53:06 PMStudies are conflicting actually: https://www.medicaldaily.com/perfect-man-short-men-likely-be-better-life-partners-more-money-300358
I've read more than once that shorter men who marry have a lower divorce rate.
I mean that may be because short men are less likely to cheat (because it takes 2 to tango), while tall men are more likely to cheat for obvious reasons
That being said, for dating there is a huge difference between below average "short" and actually short.
There was a pretty big study done on this: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1474704915604563
Basically, men 5'7 and over had roughly the same amount of sexual partners (slightly higher mean the taller you were, same median). The only group of men which actually suffered were the very short group which was 5'5 and under I believe.
So yes women do prefer taller men, duh. But unless you're very short, this doesn't mean you will actually have less dating success. Once you meet a certain threshold (generally taller than the woman), height matters less and other things matter more such as looks, money etc.
Ya this is a really good point you bring up about cheating. One thing else to consider is that though the difference between amount of secxxual partners between average and tall men is only marginal, the sexcual desirability of the women is most likely substantially higher for the tall men’s pool. There was a study I was looking for about women eventually settling for men under their desired height difference but I got lazy and gave up.
Quote from: HobbitMan on June 07, 2021, 01:04:30 AM1. See what women do and not what they say. Women prefer taller men but many won’t admit it openly. Same way men may say they’re okay with certain body types but prefer thin pear shaped or hourglass women.
2. Height isn’t a negative after 5’8” and becomes a positive after 6’0”.
What a woman says and does are two different things lol. I was just bout to say that. Idk what country you’re in but getting the same results as someone who posted 6ft on Thur bumble at 5’7 is a damn lie. Unless you got some angles where you seem taller but if you put 5’7 on your page..trust me you are definitely been discriminated you just don’t know it
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