Honestly, I'd never admit that I've had LL. This isn't a means to fix my self esteem or avoid heightism. I always thought I'd reach 6'0+ because my dad is a tall guy, but when I stopped growing it hit me pretty hard so I made up my mind and decided I'd get the procedure done.
Quote from: wants2growtaller on October 14, 2018, 10:17:16 PMBy the way ..im a short woman and I get treated like shirt. So short stature has a profound negative impact on women as well.
how short are u anyways?...and i thaught it was ok to be short as a woman. i guess i stil don know alot about this .
Nope. short stature negatively impacts short men and short women. The only social benefit that short women have is in dating online. A lot of guys online llike short women better than tall women. But as a short woman and a person of color its pretty bad. Short women are not taken seriously. we are seen as children, treated with less respect, and seen as weak. The same problems short men go through short women go through it as well.
Quote from: wants2growtaller on October 15, 2018, 01:13:26 AMThe only social benefit that short women have is the whole purpose of the existence of our species, which is to procreate.
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That's pretty sexist.
Quote from: wants2growtaller on October 16, 2018, 02:13:31 AMThat's pretty sxxist.
That's the biological purpose for both men and women. That's the only indefinite purpose at the end of the day. In those terms, short women are still easily able to do this, whereas short men have little luck of ever reproducing.
Absolutely devastating for them to realize that they're gonna have trouble finding mates due to something they cannot control no matter how they compensate through their work etc.
Obviously there are anecdotes etc. but for you to say that it's only a "small" advantage is a bit ridiculous lol.
I decide what my purpose is. My purpose is to be the best human being possible. I believe that everyone no matter what they look like should be treated fairly. I believe that all human beings have strneghts and weaknsesses. And I believe that there is a seat at the table for everyone no matter their appearance. It may be idealistic..but that's I believe and I work diligently to help create that reality.
For a lot of people its not about how incredibly shallow they are. Its about being socially accepted. For alot of people heightism is a constant barrier in their life. Which causes so much distress... problems in their life so they feel that CLL is a way of removing that burden.
I think this surgery is similar to changing your gender. Nothing to be ashamed of. This complex can cause as much pain as gender dysphoria. If it causes you serious issues in life like not wanting to leave the house, attend social events, relationships, sxx, not identifying with your body when you look in the mirror at at photos, causing you severe distress, holding you back in life, making you feel different and excluded even making you clinically depressed and suicidal then who the hell is anyone to judge your pain.. Then I don’t see why it’s much different to gender dysphoria in terms of suffering caused. Although the degree of suffering varies from person to person and there are some people whose height bothers them but does not necessarily cause that much suffering.
But calling people vain when they are clearly in distress and have very low self esteem, which is affecting their life. That is just incredibly ignorant and cruel.
Quote from: wants2growtaller on October 14, 2018, 10:17:16 PMBy the way ..im a short woman and I get treated like shirt. So short stature has a profound negative impact on women as well.
This is very interesting. I’ve met many short women who are very confident and no one messes with them. They exude a certain confidence. I was doing this evening course some years ago at a local adult college and the principal was a short woman. Shorter than me and I’m 5 feet 2 inches. In my previous job the office manager in charge of the entire office of over 200 people was a woman of about 5 feet. She was scary. The fact she had a deep voice, a very confident attitude and acted tough helped her. Grown men would be scared to approach her. I think as unfair as this is, some people can do very well being short and others can’t.
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