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| Is Height an issue to Men?
Posted: 2/20/2008 3:05:31 PM |
I'd like to see someone try to conceal a four inch heel.
lol....he's the one who said he did it...... | |
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| Is Height an issue to Men?
Posted: 2/20/2008 4:57:22 PM |
EXCEPT....that most woman don't go around saying gleefully, "They usually don't notice until morning that my skins isn't perfect and my breasts are not quite as perky as they once were!" I (I can only speak for myself, not every other woman out there) wear makeup (but not the push-up bra) don't do it with the primary intent to deceive, but rather with the same intent most people have when they brush their teeth and comb their hair. There is certainly not intent to deceive in those actions, but wearing concealed 4 inch heels smacks of a devious nature.
I'm sure you disagree with those statements, but I'm simply offering MY opinion.
There is nothing devious about it. If women weren't so superficial about height then there would be no need to do it. I love my height and who I am. But, since many women have hangups with height and base love and attraction on height then I have to go the extra step. If a woman has a problem with it then it just shows how superficial she is. The four inches does help to greatly increase the dating pool.
As for the guys comment...Typically any shoe with a high-back can be used. It is a normal shoe with a 1" 1.5" heel on the outside and then a heel built into the inside. I just met a guy the other day who wears the same type of shoe and is 5'10" but wanted to be over 6". | |
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| Is Height an issue to Men?
Posted: 2/20/2008 7:57:02 PM |
I (I can only speak for myself, not every other woman out there) wear makeup (but not the push-up bra) don't do it with the primary intent to deceive, but rather with the same intent most people have when they brush their teeth and comb their hair. There is certainly not intent to deceive in those actions, but wearing concealed 4 inch heels (BTW it's "heels", not "heals") smacks of a devious nature.
I don't understand this at all.
If women like height and men like beauty, then why is it different for a woman to wear makeup and a man to wear height increasing shoes? | |
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| Is Height an issue to Men?
Posted: 2/20/2008 11:29:08 PM | Doeman...
It all comes down to double standards. As we've seen on here before it is very sad. | |
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| Is Height an issue to Men?
Posted: 2/21/2008 5:37:20 AM |
If women like height and men like beauty, then why is it different for a woman to wear makeup and a man to wear height increasing shoes?
I think it's the intent, not the act. Besides.....if you look at a woman, you can immediately tell ir she's wearing makeup OR a push-up bra. His intent is to pass himself off as something he's not.....tall. | |
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| Is Height an issue to Men?
Posted: 2/21/2008 11:49:30 AM | Four inches is a lot. As much as women look at shoes, I don't see how they could miss it, unless they just didn't want to know.
I find it really bizarre that someone who is 5'10" would do this. He's just about the ideal height for an American male. He's tall enough that average and slightly above average height women can wear heels and still be shorter and he doesn't have to deal with very awkward height differences, fitting issues, and other problems that come with membership in the over six foot club. | |
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Posted: 2/21/2008 1:42:35 PM | | Put on your heels and stand proud! My ex was 2 inches shorter than me, I wore heels & if some idiot made a comment, which one oldie did once, I made it clear my guy was not made from his height, I fell in love with his heart. As to knowing if a woman wears a push-up bra? Nope, even here you can't always tell that and nothing devious about it, anymore than your hair color there. Whatever floats your boat! If a guy is insecure, not my problem, if a woman has issues, pack her some tissues! | |
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| Is Height an issue to Men?
Posted: 2/21/2008 2:01:57 PM | | We all have our preferences. There is nothing wrong with that. It may limit the fish in your particular pool if you will not budge from your preferences, but if you are good with that, why should that be an issue for someone else? | |
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| Is Height an issue to Men?
Posted: 2/21/2008 3:35:19 PM |
We all have our preferences. There is nothing wrong with that. It may limit the fish in your particular pool if you will not budge from your preferences, but if you are good with that, why should that be an issue for someone else?
Exactly.
Which is why there should be no problem with the hidden four inch heels for men. If a woman limits her choices to men taller than 5'9" and a 5'5" man meets her requirment while wearing the heels...then what's the problem? Both parties are happy. | |
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| Is Height an issue to Men?
Posted: 2/21/2008 3:37:05 PM |
I find it really bizarre that someone who is 5'10" would do this. He's just about the ideal height for an American male. He's tall enough that average and slightly above average height women can wear heels and still be shorter and he doesn't have to deal with very awkward height differences, fitting issues, and other problems that come with membership in the over six foot club.
It makes sense to me. It's not that he has a problem with his height at 5'10". It's not even that he wants to be "a member of the over six foot club". It's simply that he knows that there are some shallow women who will only date men taller than 6'0". And what if his soul-mate is one of those shallow women? He will completely miss her if he doesn't wear those silly shoes.
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| Is Height an issue to Men?
Posted: 2/21/2008 4:26:40 PM |
Which is why there should be no problem with the hidden four inch heels for men. If a woman limits her choices to men taller than 5'9" and a 5'5" man meets her requirment while wearing the heels...then what's the problem? Both parties are happy.
It of course would be your right and preference to do that, but it would also be up to the woman to be interested, or not, depending on HER own preference. | |
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| Is Height an issue to Men?
Posted: 2/21/2008 4:51:35 PM | ^^^
Exactly,
And by wearing the shoes, he has eliminated one barrier in the mind of those women. Now if he is rejected, it will be on his own merits, instead of for something that he has no control over. | |
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| Is Height an issue to Men?
Posted: 2/21/2008 4:57:46 PM | | ^^^ Not exactly what I am saying. Please don't put words in my mouth. He has the right to wear shoes with lifts to make himself taller, but she has the right to NOT want to date him because of it. | |
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| Is Height an issue to Men?
Posted: 2/21/2008 10:01:55 PM | ::busts up::
::walks up to Barb, takes her feminist card and proceeds to cut it into confetti::
You won't be needing that ever again.
For *years* I have heard the most ridiculous things coming out of peoples mouths. I went to Cal, and was reviled for having the audacity to open doors and had the odd habit of bowing to women instead of shaking hands. I was called a sexist for it.
Oddly enough, the habits were all learned from my grandmother, as signs of respect.
So here we are, in the midst of the millennium. And I actually hear a woman say that in this modern day and age, she has the right to dump a guy for wearing heels. You know, those lift things you are talking about, which effectively give the man the same benefit that "tall shoes" do for women, making the man effectively taller. Probably would do a bet to make him look proportionally slimmer as well.
But here's the kicker, that man can at this point in time fully expect to be dismissed for having the audacity to put himself on equal footing for having the audacity to do exactly the same thing that it is perfectly acceptable for women to do.
But that's ok, I will keep on opening doors, people will keep on having their weird prejudices, guys will get passed over for not being tall enough, I will keep having to deal with the fact that the world is not well designed for tall people, and the feminists will have to come to terms with the same fact that a lot of minorities have to come to terms with.
After aeons of ridiculous 'isms caused by differences of skin, hair, eyes or whatever, the prejudicial behaviour is so ingrained, that it now goes just as strongly in the opposite direction.
::tosses the confetti idly in the bin and wanders off::
--Serenity | |
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| Is Height an issue to Men?
Posted: 2/21/2008 10:16:22 PM | | Okay, darlin' , you may keep the card, I'm a woman, not a feminist! I like doors opened for me, I like my chair pulled out, and I like to be asked to dance. So sue me! | |
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| Is Height an issue to Men?
Posted: 2/21/2008 10:19:59 PM | OK now here's a topic I like, shoes.
I personally don't care if a dude wants to wear elevator shoes-whatever, it's his perogative. I do have a problem if he is trying to wear MY shoes. Besides, men just don't look good in Christian Louboutin's.
Short, tall, midget whatever. If you suck-it doesn't really matter how tall you are, there is just more, or less of you to suck. | |
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| Is Height an issue to Men?
Posted: 2/21/2008 10:23:37 PM | Sued for not being a feminist...
I didn't know you lived in Berkeley...
--Serenity | |
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| Is Height an issue to Men?
Posted: 2/22/2008 1:35:44 AM |
But here's the kicker, that man can at this point in time fully expect to be dismissed for having the audacity to put himself on equal footing for having the audacity to do exactly the same thing that it is perfectly acceptable for women to do. Well, I don't wear the shoes to be taller. I am plenty tall enough at 5'7" for a female. I can reach the top shelf. If I spent all my time worrying about what men wanted, I would not get a damn thing done all day. I don't care if men like them, I wear them because I like them and I am not really concerned with what men think and wonder if many of them do.
There is nothing devious about it.
devious (dv-s)
ADJECTIVE:
1. Not straightforward; shifty: a devious character.
2. Departing from the correct or accepted way; erring: achieved success by devious means.
3. Deviating from the straight or direct course; roundabout: a devious route.
Um, if you are trying to attract women by being something you are not, like tall, that is devious.
If women weren't so superficial about height then there would be no need to do it. I love my height and who I am. But, since many women have hangups with height and base love and attraction on height then I have to go the extra step. If a woman has a problem with it then it just shows how superficial she is. The four inches does help to greatly increase the dating pool. Oh, how I love generalizations. Bitter, party of one...
Women? Superficial? I think this is the pot calling the kettle beige.
Women are judged primarily on how they look, by a vast majority of the men out there, and you call us superficial? Are you out there looking for the witty, charming 300 pounders?
Maybe you could get a date if you stopped whining? | |
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| Is Height an issue to Men?
Posted: 2/22/2008 1:38:03 AM |
I love my height and who I am.
Which is so apparent by the fact that you feel the need to wear 4 inch lifts.... | |
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| Is Height an issue to Men?
Posted: 2/22/2008 4:25:33 AM | | It doesn't matter to me if she's taller than me or not. I"ve been luckly enough to have women all shapes, sizes, & Nationalities being attracted to me. So I never saw it no problem for me getting a date, especially height. I do see height as more of an online thing than it is offline, so I'll probably be more focusing on women offline than online, of course I'm going to make this profile the best I can make it, so I can get some contacts online. Have to keep my options open. Right now I'm just taking a break from dating until I can better myself, but I know the break can't be that long if women think a few short guys with not so positive attitudes, represents me, so I have to show the women that they don't. | |
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| Is Height an issue to Men?
Posted: 2/22/2008 7:58:20 AM | I guess... but it's more an issue to some than others.
Ask yourself this: how short is too short?
If there's no limit to the shortness (or tallness for that matter) that you would find acceptable in a mate; you are quite an exception.
Wife is about 5'4" and I'm 6'3", so neither of us was overly conscious of that.
I have a friend who said he couldn't go for women less than 5'8". He was 6'6" himself. | |
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| Is Height an issue to Men?
Posted: 2/23/2008 3:45:58 PM | I think taller women do not like shorter guys usually. No big deal, I am only five foot nine inches. There are plenty of women who find this height acceptable.
Men have it better when it comes to age differences. It is much more acceptable to see a good looking older guy with a younger woman than it is to see a forty year old woman with a twenty-five year old guy. Please don't mention Demi Moore... she is one in a million.
I don't find taller women with brains "intimidating, " I just find that their prejudice is also their loss in some cases.
Each to their own though.. I'm not a hater.  | |
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| Is Height an issue to Men?
Posted: 2/23/2008 4:40:58 PM | Well, being 6'5", I'd have to say height is a definite issue. I can't find a decent car, clothes off the rack - and drinking from a drinking fountain? You gotta be kidding.
When it comes to dating, I've had sweeties from 5' 1 to over 6'. So far I can't say I've a preference for any particular vertical dimension! It turns out that desire can overcome whatever logistical problems may exist - and create opportunities in their place...
Jubal | |
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