Why do women prefer taller men?

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Quote from: KirP1 on November 02, 2014, 11:19:19 AMits easy, tall mans are more aestetic than short ones .
Taller mans will always have advantage in a fight or in supervivence.
More height = more weight and longer arms to punch.
If they need to climb a mountain or a tree, its easier for taller man, because short man often cant get points to climb where taller ones can.
Tall mans can walk and run faster
there are lots of reasons.

those things are not really easily observable though, so i doubt such small things are taken into account as to why tall men are preferred. Those small factors would be comparable to the fact that short men live longer lives on average than tall men do.

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Quote from: Wannabegiant on November 02, 2014, 11:35:07 AMYeah, tall stature and size is not really suggestive of fighting ability, but we are programmed to associate those traits with strenght and dominance. Same reason why they use big bodyguards even though they might suck at fighting.

the average people including women are not smart enough to look deeper and realize that a big man might be a wuss or a weakling compared to a smaller guy most of the time. They will just accept the most simple explanation to what they see, if they see a tall man they automatically think that is dominant even though they know nothing else about the guy. People are simpleminded overall.

Of course there are average guys who can beat taller guys, but that doesn't mean being short gives you an advantage in fights. Being short gives you no real advantage in real fights, being tall gives you an advantage, reach.

Lets assume you have two men who are equal in skills, but they have a 10cm height difference, the taller guy will win.

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you are generalizing, there are some short guys that can win some tall guys in a fight. But in the average , taller mans will beat shorter guys ass.
thats like say that bruce lee could beat a guy of 6´3 . and say that short guys win tall guys in a fight.
bruce lee can, but the most short guys couldnt.

If you take 100 diferent 5´5 guys and 100 diferent 6´1 guys and make them fight.  a lot more tall guys will win than the shorter ones.

Tall guys in average weight more than short guys , have bigger armspawn and is more easy to punch from up to down than down to up. that makes them much more powerfull in a fight

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Quote from: 123 on November 02, 2014, 01:26:26 PMOf course there are average guys who can beat taller guys, but that doesn't mean being short gives you an advantage in fights. Being short gives you no real advantage in real fights, being tall gives you an advantage, reach.

Lets assume you have two men who are equal in skills, but they have a 10cm height difference, the taller guy will win.

Thats what i said, height and reach are definite advantages in a fight, but in practice you are pretty much never going to have 2 guys who are equal in everything other than height. There are always so many variables at play that height and reach for the most part dont play significant roles, unless you are talking about a 6'4 guy vs a 5'6 guy, but in most of those cases the taller guy is going to be much much heavier as well which is the more significant advantage.

also being shorter have some universal advantages in a fight, lower centre of gravity helps with wrestling, and as mentioned it is easier to attack the groin if we are talking about a real street fight.

Also, you guys are taking extreme examples where the weight difference would be very big as well. So it doesnt really serve the argument. We know that being bigger overall is an advantage in most cases. height is part of size but we are trying to discuss height alone. Im aware that most taller guys are heavier as well but not always.

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You make it seem all shorter guys are scrawny. I weigh just as much as my taller counter parts ofcourse not the overweight or the guy who almost reached his muscle genetic climax.

We talking average here.  I could easily get these guys on the ground then what? then what?. What he gonna do then without his unproportionally tall legs.

The only advantage point taller guys have is in tight spaces. Generally in apartments,Elevators,cars stuff like that. On the street i bet my money on the short guy tbh. If he is not scrawny and is just alpha but had short genetics. yup my bet is on him.


6'2 and over the taller guy will win simply because lets be reality.

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dd post

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The fight examples you guys give are exceptions to the rule. Your making it sound like what I'm saying is a constant. I didn't say the smaller/shorter guy doesn't stand a chance. They're will always be exceptions but generally speaking unless one guy is more skilled, height and weight will dominate the fight.

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Quote from: Ajax2thousand20 on November 02, 2014, 08:23:37 PMThe fight examples you guys give are exceptions to the rule. Your making it sound like what I'm saying is a constant. I didn't say the smaller/shorter guy doesn't stand a chance. They're will always be exceptions but generally speaking unless one guy is more skilled, height and weight will dominate the fight.

no it wont. ever see a short guy throw fists? that speed and that unintentional headbut.

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Quote from: Slim_tim on November 02, 2014, 05:43:58 PM


6'2 and over the taller guy will win simply because lets be reality.

ok, so if you say that 6´2 will win, is because being tall is really an advantage. you are admitting.

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Quote from: Slim_tim on November 02, 2014, 10:23:06 PMno it wont. ever see a short guy throw fists? that speed and that unintentional headbut.

Quit trying to make yourself feel secure. Throw him in the ring with a MMA fighter 6'+ of same weight category he'd be finished. I got in a fight with 2 guys at once, one was short and the other tall and believe me when I say the tall guys blows were much more devastating than the short guys and I hurt the shorter guy much more than the taller. Size matters period get it through your thick skull. Hollywood actors will always hire bodyguards 6'5"+. Snoop Dogg is 6'4" and his body guards are 6'8" and taller. Short men will never be hired to be a body guard regardless of skill in. fights.