The attractiveness dichotomy: men like tall women, yet the opposite is not true

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Quote from: myloginacct on March 20, 2018, 06:49:48 PMMy cousin is 5'9 and married to a 6 feet woman, and not in a country where she didn't have the option of taller men.

Different types of people are different. His wife is someone who does not place the most weight on appearance. She was also already older when they married. A lot of these studies would look differently if they interviewed enough 30yo+ women.

As for myself, I have my preferences in appearance, just like anyone else, but I'd never reject someone based solely on their height. I prefer shorter than myself, but I wouldn't reject taller - no matter how tall.

6ft for a woman starts to be a bit too much. The few 6ft women I have seen were closer to the rhinoceros than to a model

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From my personal experience taller woman are more open-minded towards dating shorter man. That's why it's not unusual to see 5'11" woman to date 5'8"-5'10" guy or 5'8" girl even shorter man. Shorter girls desire taller guys, because subconsciously they seek taller offspring. I have a 5'9"cousin and her bf is noticeably shorter.

The main reason why so many famous men are dating taller women is because they are confident. When they are rich and famous height is only a minor flaw.

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Sorry, double post

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Quote from: Android on March 20, 2018, 06:44:58 PMJust saw the chart as I was about to post. Honestly those numbers look discouraging from my point of view, this is definitely how it felt using online dating: less than 10% chance of interaction (because they have to be interested in your other qualities too, and distance is a big factor). It makes sense that people of above-average height will compromise and consider shorter people, since selection pool is smaller. It's like a short man looking to date a shorter woman, it's a very small group to pick from (at least it was at my height, which is coincidentally the average for an American woman). I too had to raise my height preference since I ran out of people to look through.

What's tough is that there's a lot of competition at my height, so you have to make it up with a great profile. Swiping apps like Tinder were useless for me. I've had a handful of dates in the past year, mostly non-white Americans ranging 5'1" to 5'3", so it's totally doable. Just a bit tougher!

You have to realize that chart is from online dating and a lot of young women with very unrealistic standards.

The numbers there are still better than:
QuoteBut a whopping 89 percent of women said the shortest person they would date would still have to be taller than them. Only seven percent would accept someone who was their height, and just four percent would allow for a shorter guy.
As in the first study posted. Those are ridiculous numbers.

Also, don't think I didn't notice the way you worked around those censors/word filters. You're one sly mofo.

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Quote from: ivan on March 20, 2018, 06:58:16 PMFrom my personal experience taller woman are more open-minded towards dating shorter man. That's why it's not unusual to see 5'11" woman to date 5'8"-5'10" guy or 5'8" girl even shorter man. Shorter girls desire taller guys, because subconsciously they seek taller offspring. I have a 5'9"cousin and her bf is noticeably shorter.

The main reason why so many famous men are dating taller women is because they are confident. When they are rich and famous height is only a minor flaw.

This is why I think some of the very short guys here should try going for the tallest women they can find. I know the fear of ridicule and rejection is a strong one, but it'd even balance out the height in their children!

They could maybe even find someone like my cousin did. He's not rich or good-looking by any means (quite the contrary), so I also don't want to hear from other people here that she was settling down for him due to things like that.

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Phew, what's with the hate for tall women? Reminds me of spiteful women on Twitter saying that short men shouldn't exist.

Realistic anecdotes by myloginacct and ivan, I've observed similar; confidence is key. And yes, age makes a huge contribution as well; the older we get, the more importance we place on companionship above physical attraction. Men are quite notorious for their youth preference too (which I'm guilty of):

QuoteThe median 31 year-old guy, for example, sets his allowable match age range from 22 to 35 — nine years younger, but only four years older, than himself. This skewed mindset worsens with age; the median 42 year-old will accept a woman up to fifteen years younger, but no more than three years older.
On the flip side, women in their early 20s want nothing to do with a younger guy. There are just so many factors.

I agree myloginacct, guess we just need more data. Hopefully Justin Bieber has helped to lower height requirements! And yep, I'm very sneaky.

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Quote from: Android on March 20, 2018, 07:25:42 PMPhew, what's with the hate for tall women? Reminds me of spiteful women on Twitter saying that short men shouldn't exist.

Realistic anecdotes by myloginacct and ivan, I've observed similar; confidence is key. And yes, age makes a huge contribution as well; the older we get, the more importance we place on companionship above physical attraction. Men are quite notorious for their youth preference too (which I'm guilty of):

On the flip side, women in their early 20s want nothing to do with a younger guy. There are just so many factors.

I agree myloginacct, guess we just need more data. Hopefully Justin Bieber has helped to lower height requirements!

Yes, there is a lot of hypocrisy here. Many talk about women as objects to be had, want only the best looking ones, greatly prefer only the petite ones... You know, literally all of the things that get a lot here hurt and indignant when they hear it being done in reverse: the women who prefer only the tall guys, only want anything to do with the good looking ones, and think of men as their cash banks.

As for your other point, even in the chart I posted 45% of American women would choose equal or smaller at 5'9 (52% for non-American). And I'm assuming a 5'9 male is not a problem for the heights under that. So you could even call that the Justin Bieber threshold if you want. Jk.

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Okay, so you are getting limb lengthening surgery to be a nice friendly, "confident" guy and date a fat 30+ year old mom? Lmao good move. This is the real world. People have preferences. There is no tall woman hate. If a tall woman asked me on a date I'd give her a chance, but she wouldn't be my first choice. If a short man asked for a date, you'd see this:

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Quote from: CaptainAmerica on March 20, 2018, 07:52:01 PMOkay, so you are getting limb lengthening surgery to be a nice friendly, "confident" guy and date a fat 30+ year old mom? Lmao good move. This is the real world. People have preferences. There is no tall woman hate. If a tall woman asked me on a date I'd give her a chance, but she wouldn't be my first choice. If a short man asked for a date, you'd see this:



Biased sample of one.

Not everyone in this world is a shxthead, no matter the gender.

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Quote from: CaptainAmerica on March 20, 2018, 07:52:01 PMOkay, so you are getting limb lengthening surgery to be a nice guy and date a fat 30+ year old mom? Lol good move. This is the real world. People have preferences. There is no tall woman hate. If a tall woman asked me on a date I'd give her a chance, but she wouldn't be my first choice. If a short man asked for a date, you'd see this:

You sound somewhat reasonable this time around (at least imaginary tall girl's getting a chance, much like how short guys get a chance); I guess it was hyperbole before. Night and day over "who likes tall women" (suggesting all men feel this way), so that's good to hear. And yes, we have preferences and that's fine (like you said, it may even change once you're taller); the language just seemed a bit restrictive before.

The Twitter screenshot, yes, exact aggregator account I was referencing. Your earlier comment reminded me of it.