What gives, here? It's not like someone two inches taller than you will be able to protect you better than someone two inches shorter. Yet, you almost never see any female "with" a shorter male. Short guys date even shorter girls. Yes, there are exceptions, such as your Aunt Edna being taller than ol' Uncle Clem, but by and large the taller guy holds true. Why? And yes, I know that men are taller in general. The question still stands.
I prefer being with a woman shorter than myself. It goes the other way too.
I think you answered your question. Men are about 5" taller on average than a woman.
I wonder if Blanka Vlašić likes shorter men? ;-)
Exaggerated sexual dimorphic traits are used predominantly in the competition over mates. In many instances, females show preference for exaggerated male secondary sexual characteristics when choosing a mate. In many non-monogamous species, the benefit to a male's reproductive fitness of mating with multiple females is large, whereas the benefit to a female's reproductive fitness of mating with multiple males is small or non-existent. In these species, there is a selection pressure for whatever traits enable a male to have more matings. The male may therefore come to have different traits from the female. These traits could be ones that allow him to fight off other males for control of territory or a harem, such as large size or weapons; or they could be traits that females, for whatever reason, prefer in mates. Females may choose males that appear strong and healthy, thus likely to possess "good alleles" and give rise to healthy offspring.
its because they like to be dominated
Somebody has to be able to get things off of the top shelf in the kitchen, clean the gutters, etc.
Brainwashing by the media which is biased against short men.
I agree that this is true and I don't know why. I am a 37 yr old female, 5'11 in bare feet, and have never dated a shorter guy in my whole life except my first boyfriend when I was 13. But my sister is also very tall and her husband is WAY shorter than her. Their wedding pictures look weird, but other than that she thinks he's totally sexy etc. So obviously some girls don't mind shorter guys.
Because short men are dumb
@Peace Out, being 5'11", do/did you find your dating pool to be limited? While there are plenty of guys out there who are 5'12"* and above, I still think it would be more difficult for a taller gal to find someone compatible who is also taller. Your thoughts?
*Yes, I know.
As a 5'10" guy I actually find women over about 5'9" unattractive (in person). Really kind of weird, I have no idea why I feel that way.
I'm 5'8" and dated a guy who was 1/2 Caucasian 1/2 Chinese who was also 5'8". He was fairly slender (135 lbs) as most Asian guys are, and we could basically wear each others clothes (I'm ~125 lbs). He was a great guy and I was really attracted to his personality, but I have to admit that I did have a negative visceral response to being the same size as him. It also didn't help that he was kind of a momma's boy, and I ended up feeling like the dude in the relationship. But from that I discovered that I want to be with someone taller than me, even if it's by 1". It feels like it's just hard-wired in me.
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What gives, here? It's not like someone two inches taller than you will be able to protect you better than someone two inches shorter. Yet, you almost never see any female "with" a shorter male. Short guys date even shorter girls. Yes, there are exceptions, such as your Aunt Edna being taller than ol' Uncle Clem, but by and large the taller guy holds true. Why? And yes, I know that men are taller in general. The question still stands.
They are taking this song to heart:
Fight the MSM wrote:
Brainwashing by the media which is biased against short men.
Fun fact; height better predicts likelihood of being a CEO or a millionaire than being male vs. female does. In fact, when you control for height, women are MORE likely to be CEOs or be extremely wealthy. So there isn't a glass ceiling for women, just a ceiling.
http://faculty.washington.edu/mdj3/MGMT580/Readings/Week%201/Judge.pdfIf women prefered men that were the same height as them then there would not be enough height appropriate men to go around.
I agree; it's just hard-wired.
I've tried to tell myself that short guys usually have short-guy complex (which many do) but the reality is, even if he didn't, it just wouldn't work. I'm 5'5" and even dating someone merely taller than me isn't enough. It has to be at least 5 inches.
Tom Cruise is supposedly short and is shorter than his exwife and wife.
Thanks for all the honest responses. The Tom Cruse thing does bring up an interesting sub-question. If a guy is on the short side, is it safe to say that he has to "make up for it" in other ways (e.g., wealth, fame, status, etc.) if he is to have any shot at a woman taller than him? That is to say, all hope is not lost?
A long time ago there were cavewomen who liked short cavemen, but they had short cavekids who got clobbered by the big cavekids. As a result the cavewomen with a genetic preference for short cavemen never passed on their genes, and today we are left with women who like tall men.