| When looking for someone, is height important to you?
Posted: 4/10/2006 6:01:30 PM | I would like some short men to come forth and declare the dates they have actually had off this system from ladies that say " height doen't really matter". Also realize there is a strong public prejudice against the short man as depicted in pop media eg. woody allen, george castanza, danny devito. A comment on s.m.s. or napolianic syndrom. It is a complete prejudicial myth; a pop culture stereotype. Most fights or tough guy attitude is expressed by average to tall guys. Why? Because they feel they can get away with it. Also because they learned most women are attracted to that in them. They often think they are god's gift to women because women think they are. This attitude is seen as confidence. In the short guy it is labelled insecurity and s.m.s. I saw in a couple of threads signs of this. One girl said short men will be too quick to pick fights.This same girl said it is a turn on to see her guy (tall) protect her and win in fights ! I never seen a short guy start a fight. Another lady said she didn't like seeing these short insecure guys going around in big flashy cars. W.T.F...I see lots of single guys tall and short in expensive cars.. My point is the media has influenced womens' taste to have such a negative feeling towards short men. ...MY SOLUTION. Just be yourself. Do not be extra anything. Do not be extra nice or extra flashy or extra macho or extra funny. Realize you are born at a moment in history. You cannot change cultural views. In history these negative stereotypes did not exist. P.S. Notice on many female profiles they ask were are the good guys. WELL...They might notice them if they stop deleting the messages sent by the short guys.  | |
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chinua
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| When looking for someone, is height important to you?
Posted: 4/10/2006 6:31:57 PM | at 39.........and after alot of travelling.......and meeting a lot of people.....of all sizes.......my opinion of men is from experience.........not from media.........nice men...and jerks come in all sizes........as for the last post......Tom Cruise isn't tall...no wait.........i don't like him....wesley snipes...like him....and guess what.......? i 've seen a lot of short men try to start fights with tall men..including my 6'1" karate teacher...so....i guess you don't know everything.......... | |
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| When looking for someone, is height important to you?
Posted: 4/10/2006 9:14:03 PM | i don't know 'bout the rest o' y'all, but where i see the most "discrimination" is in the women's profiles, wherein they will often specify looking for a man 5'10" or taller, even if SHE is only 5'2"!
as for dating tall women, i love it, but not especially more'n dating short ones....
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| When looking for someone, is height important to you?
Posted: 4/11/2006 2:22:22 AM | | Chinua; you will notice the media avoids portraying their true hight. Also i don't believe you would deny the negative attitudes and stereotypes about short men are so prevalent in women. When women see them they cannot think of any sexy characteristics towards them because of the stereotypes they have been exposed to;firts immpresions are lasting. I myself have heard women say when they see a short man they cannot get the image & immpresion of woody alen or george castanza out of their mind. Myself; I have never in my life had a physical fight. I was brought up to speak intelligently and walk away from pettyness. 2x I have dated women 6'. | |
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chinua
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Joined: 9/30/2005
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| When looking for someone, is height important to you?
Posted: 4/11/2006 4:10:19 PM | mickey......any woman who is that influenced by the media.....why have anything to do with them anyway???....they must be very gullible..... find someone who has travelled...and has met 'real' people. i have competed in bodybuilding shows(natural- no roids)......plus made suits for bodybuilders....most of them are my height.......which is 5'5"....or shorter...........I didn't pay any attention to their height....too busy drooling....... .. but most of them were married.with kids.....as for woody allen; my dislike for him is because of him( ithink he's sleazy).......not his height.....besides i have no idea how tall he is.........same with george costanza......so; i don't think their height was publicized either. | |
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| When looking for someone, is height important to you?
Posted: 4/11/2006 4:17:49 PM | | gene,, I do, I think it's important, cause I don't want to date anyone shorter then, me, cause that would be a kid or a migget,, sence I'm 4'11,,, so he would have to be at least 5',,,,,, but no not really, it shouldn't matter,, xxxx | |
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chinua
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Joined: 9/30/2005
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| When looking for someone, is height important to you?
Posted: 4/11/2006 8:29:29 PM | I'm 6'2 so I will say I go for shorter women. But height isnt much of a factor. I have dated women from 5'1 to 5'9.
I just took a look at your profile...might want to change what you are looking for! Best to put dating or friends lol.
I can imagine it will be a bit harder to find a woman as the average one will be a bit taller and also be wanting someone a bit taller than they are. But there are a lot of women that are around 5'0-1 who would love a guy thats a little taller than them so see if you can search the profiles with the height restrictions set. Then again if you see a profile that seems to be a good match you might as well send them an email as they might be one of those women that dont mind a gy thats a bit shorter than them.
Height isnt a factor when its purely friendship but for life long partners it might be a bigger hurdle. Good luck! | |
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| When looking for someone, is height important to you?
Posted: 4/12/2006 9:10:39 AM | Ok Here's my two cents worth....
i'm 5'11 and i'm the shortest of four children btw.. and my children will be taller then me. Men find me intimidating and have told me so.. because of my height.
And well superficial or not .. i wont date shorter men: why cause i'm just NOT attracted sexually to shorter men.
WHy would i waste my time and theirs by faking an interest that just isnt there and has never been there.
Some people prefer brunettes, some blondes; some like skinny some like bbw's. Its all about choice. and even more so its about YOU yourself knowing what you like n dont like.. where your willing to comprimise and where your not.. If some one doesnt like something about you .. move to the next .. cause hun theres PLENTY MORE FISH IN THE SEA!!!! 
And please dont give me the well its suppose to be about whats on the inside .. cause people get real .. we ALL judge and make a first impression by whats on the outside.thats just REALITY!!!
Problems arise when people take other peoples preferences personally .. just cause i dont date men shorter then myself .. doesnt mean they're arent a 100 other women who would love to date you!!!
so there you have my two cents .. please donate change to your favourite charity and Happy Fishing | |
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kmn05
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| When looking for someone, is height important to you?
Posted: 4/16/2006 4:01:18 AM | I would love to date a taller lady!
But I have yet to meet one! At 6'4", I think I've missed out on a lot!
I guess I will have to stick to the shorter girls and be happy with it!
C'est la vie! | |
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| When looking for someone, is height important to you?
Posted: 4/16/2006 10:28:42 PM |
When looking for someone, is height important to you?
Answer....no.
But put 2 men in front of me with equal personalities and other traits that I find attractive....if one of them is 5'6" and the other is 6'4"...I'm gonna go with the taller guy
I am very short, 4'11" to be exact..but I have always been attracted to very tall men and fortunately for me, there has been no shortage of very tall men being attracted to me!
HOWEVER, I have dated men who were as short as 5'5".
Oh, and I have never been with a tall guy that was real aggressive...I have been with and known many shorter men who were...just my experience | |
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| When looking for someone, is height important to you?
Posted: 4/28/2006 11:01:02 AM | | Ok, looked up this thread intentionally. Just explained to a man (who is a good friend and lots of fun) that I like men who are at least 5' 10", and I really wouldn't consider a serious relationship with a short man. (He is btw 5' 6"). He looked me straight in the eye and stated: "Yeah, that's all well and good but let me tell you, compared to me Napoleon was a p*ssy". He says personality wise he stands at about 6' 8". I may want to reconsider height requirements in dating. | |
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