to wonder if a 5’7 female is ‘big’

This has really made laugh after a rough week

I suppose height is relative so it depends on the height of the people around you, whether you are considered tall or not .

I would say 5 ft 7 is medium height as there are much taller and much shorter women in the population. It is above average, however, due to how commonplace very short and petite women are .

I'm 5'1 (pretty short!) and my friends are mostly 5'4-5'5 so you're a bit above average but not very tall.

Well I’m 5 foot 10 so I must be a giant!! I do wear heels but nothing bigger than 3” . Luckily my husband is 6ft 1 .

I'm 5 foot 5 and I don't feel tall. Quite a lot of my female colleagues are taller than me.

I'm that height and feel probably a bit above average but not really tall. Definitely don't feel I stand out or a giant.

Same here. I'm 5'10" but I dont consider myself "big", just a bit taller than average is all. Peter Crouch for example is very tall but I certainly wouldnt describe him as "big" lol

I would much much rather be a bit taller than be short. I think tall women look fab. I know plenty of 5’7 women and don’t think they are much above average.

I’m 5’ 7” and while above average, I don’t consider myself particularly tall.
I certainly don’t consider myself ‘big’ - that is more often a euphemism for ‘fat’ nowadays.

I'm 5ft 7 and average weight of 11-12st all my adult life (size 12-14) my husbands parents always made me feel like a fucking giant! My FIL was talking about his friends daughter who was 6ft and he said to me "you think you're big, you should see her!" Rude prick. And when talking about the size of house me and my husband should rent my MIL always said shit like "you need space, don't forget you're big people "!! Ffs. It's probably because my husband is the only 6ft male in his Immediate family, his dad was like 5ft 8. Then my firstborn came along, at 18 he's 6ft 4 so they know what a "big person" looks like!

Welsh women in general tend to be short so I tower above many in height. When I'm back in England I'm an average height.

I'm 6ft 1 so most people are short to me.
I felt taller when I was younger and thinner, I loved wearing heels made me 6ft 4!!

My husband is 5ft tall 1/2 and we have been together so long now I don't really see how much taller I am than him.

5ft 7 1/2 is on the taller height for a women but not a giant. Embrace your height

It’s the average height of all women though. Young people are taller generally. I did an Erasmus year in the Netherlands and at 5 11” I fit right in. It was great to just be able to buy clothes everywhere. In the UK I was hunting for “tall” ranges. Much easier now so many young folk are taller nowadays.

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You would be tall in my main circle of friends but I wouldn’t say you were a giant.

as im 6ft with 36 inch legs and got to that height by age 11
that's short to me
ive been tall as long as i can remember
i was 27 inches born and head and shoulder above everyone else my whole childhood

i was still in last year of primary and already 6ft but i haven't grown since
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all my life i towered over everyone,
but the last 10 years ive noticed a lot of young people taller than me

my 19 y old son had a 18 y old female friend that's 6ft 2

my moms 4ft 10(no idea how my mom birthed me) my sister 5ft so I've always been massive compared to them

I'm the same height and weight as you, totally average.

No- I am 5'10", did some modelling in my youth, and whilst I was self conscious as a teen, I love it now.

My son is 16 and I had to go to school recently for parents evening and I saw loads of girls there who were a similar height to me- people are definitely getting taller in general.

I am 5 foot 7, weigh 13 and a half stone, don’t feel big at all, just normal size. I would look emancipated at 9 stone, but understand everyone is different.

Yes, statistically speaking 5’7” is tall for a woman, but it is not a monstrous proportion; girls on avg will max their height by 14-16+, with a general range of 5’-5’6”. Even women who stand in the men’s average percentile (5’8+) are still considered to simply be “tall”, it is when you get in their upper average or higher (5’10-6’+) that you are truly considered a “Giant”

I also wanted to know what a "half female" was! Had to read it a few times. Hahahahaha.

if 5ft 4 so yes I would say tall. A quick Google says that the average woman is 5ft 4 in the uk so you are taller than average. That isn't a bad thing by any means.

I’m 5’ 7” and have never felt too tall.
‘Big’ is more often used to mean ‘fat’ nowadays, since the F word has become less acceptable.

Average is closer to 5 foot 5 now. Women have really got taller over the past few years.

I'm 5 foot 7 and when I was a teenager and early 20s I barely ever saw a woman taller than me but now I see loads.

I also mostly buy standard length trousers now, but when I was younger I had to buy long length and they were often slightly too short.

"Seven and a half" I think, as in her height.