Unfortunately not just America. Heightism is also prevalent in a big part of Asia.
This is most likely one of the quirks brought to you by Survival of the Fittest rule. Thanks, evolution.
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RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
That weird American obsession over men’s height.
orangeboats@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Kalladblog@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Don’t blame evolution for some peoples’ short sightedness
dwindling7373@feddit.it 2 months ago
I see what you did there, despite evolution.
orangeboats@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Well, tallness surely would be a preferable criteria back then! To a certain extent, it is a proxy parameter for fitness.
I just think we can actually use evolution to explain a lot of things that we do, it doesn’t mean we should do it.
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
In an evolutionary context, what does “should” mean?
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 months ago
What?
ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Exists in Australia too lol
stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
In Europe too. Pretty sure it exists everywhere, just like other beauty standards.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yep I live in the Netherlands as a 5’6” guy. So many insecure short women here who only want men that are 2 meters all. My height is so much more of an issue with women who are shorter than me than women who are my same height or slightly taller.
stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
If you’re not over 6’, are you even from the Netherlands? /lh
fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I’ve literally never heard of a woman talking about “I don’t date men under X height” in my entire life. Then again I’d never even talk with a woman like that in the first place.
I’ve certainly noticed the trend of smaller girls always gravitating towards taller men, but nothing so silly as “I don’t date small men”. As a small guy myself, I actually dated a few tall girls without issue, and happily married to a lady two inches taller than me.
As I always say : my height isn’t the dimension you’re gonna care about, once we are lying down.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 months ago
I’m 5’3 and have dated taller girls but I’ve seen them get shit from their friends for being with a short guy. They’d say it right in front of me too. Some people really are assholes about it.
babybus@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
This probably comes from Tinder, where people explicitly state their preferences. I also don’t know anyone in real life who talks about that. These are two very different environments. But keep in mind that romantic and sexual interests are not always conscious choices. People might not even be aware of them, yet your height can still affect their desire to be with you (among many other things).
stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
they may not say it out loud, but I think there’s quite a few women that prefer taller men
besides, there’s nothing wrong with having such preferences, as long as you don’t denigrate the people who don’t fit your preferences
Estebiu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Im dying
Cruxifux@feddit.nl 2 months ago
Tall is the big titties of men.
stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
more like the being skinny of men
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
And you know, the rest of the western world.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 months ago
Thanks to America
Agent641@lemmy.world 2 months ago
We only use metric to seem taller. 186cm (and counting)