to wonder if a 5’7 female is ‘big’

I'm 5'7" and feel unremarkable.

My sense is that I'm on the taller side of the bell curve but not to the extent that my height is comment worthy in anyway.

I do however have a large frame. One of my close friends is that same height as me. She has size 4 feet and I have size 8 feet. She is super slim.

Even if I lost a shed load of weight I don't think I'd ever be much smaller than a size 14 - my pelvis and rib cage are huge in comparison to hers!

No- one said it was wrong. Murder is wrong. Short is just short.

But Mum would say the top shelf at the Supermarket and being short do not mix.

This! I love the Netherlands because 5'9 me feels relatively average sized. It's such a weird, but nice, feeling.

What's wrong with being short?

I am 5ft 6 and always called myself tall and am a bit faced when called short; I like my height though. I reckon because Mum is 5ft 2 and called me tall (as a compliment she says I am lucky)

I think it is relative

I'm 5'8" and quite often get comments that I'm 'so tall'. I'm quite lanky with long arms and legs, so I think that's what people pick up on. I don't feel that tall, but do enjoy being able to reach things from higher shelves!

No, that’s my height. I don’t feel particularly tall.

I am 5ft 8. That is above the UK female average. All of my female friends are shorter than me.
But then, I am fat too!

5ft 7 is above average, but if you're under 40 it certainly wouldn't be considered anything worthy of note. I'd sayitsyouwhosjydging yourself, not others. Tbh I'd say it's agreat height. I'd rather be tall than short, but not too much. You're at the top end of average range, which would beperfect for me. I would imagine many envy your figure

I'm same and am above average for where I live but not amongst my friends. I have friends who are shorter and more petite but as many who are similar height/build. It's not "big" but might be considered "tall" compared to a group who are all shorter.

Oh Lord, this thread is older than the Pharaohs. I commented on it back in my callow youth too.

I thought that....initially. She meant to say I'm 5ft 7 and a half....and I'm female!

5 foot 7 is a fair bit taller than the British average for a woman so yes, it's tall but hardly Jack and the Beanstalk territory.

At 5 ft 2, I am well jel.

I'm 5'8.5" and yes, I'm taller than average for a woman in the UK, but not remarkably so.

I have a female friend who's 6'4" - that's properly tall!

I’m 5’7 and I like my height because I’m taller than average but not noticeably tall. I think it’s a nice height.

The one thing I’ve noticed however since I’ve been single is how many men are my height or shorter

‘Tall’ and ‘big’ are very much not the same thing, of course. I spent my childhood constantly being told how ‘big’ I was by shorter peers who were very much bigger than I was.

Makes me laugh now how awful I was made to feel at school for being tall, slim and clever.

Average at work - teenagers from varying ethnicities plus the obvious middleclass women (who are statistically far more likely to be taller on average), if not actually a little short once you start looking at all female staff in the higher level roles and year 11-13.

A giant amongst mine and DP's families - although I'm an ungainly giant compared to all the genuinely teeny-tinies we're surrounded by and DP is a 'big lad' at 5'6" and quite muscley.

5’ 7.5” here

in the UK I am tall-ish. Loads of women are smaller than me, quite a lot are same height or taller than me.

I’m France where I live: I’m really tall. And big with it 🤷‍♀️ many French women are tiny and lots are really slim.

in Germany where I recently was on holiday, I blended right in to the extent that my kids kept thinking other women were me 😂 same height, same light hair, same broad shoulders, hips and big boobs . It was great - I did lots of shopping, finally finding clothes that fitted. So normal height in Germany.

I'm 5'7 and taller than most of my female friends. Think it depends on your age lots of much younger women are as tall or taller than me

I’m 5’9’’ all my friends are between 5’5’’ and 6’ so not unusually tall. I like my height but used to hate it as some men were put off by it (wee man syndrome). My brother is 6’4” so it must just be our genes despite my mum being 5’ and my dad just hitting 5’9”

now my friends husband is 6’8” so he always feels tall. It’s great on a night out as we can always find him.

I'm in my 60s and six feet tall. I'd consider you average

I'm 5'6"/5'6 and a half, and I'm taller than most women and a lot of men too. Whenever I'm at the grocery store I tower over most of the women and whenever I see someone my height, which is very rare, it makes me feel a little better. And there are some men that are my height or shorter - I've never seen so many short men in my life 😂

All of my friends, coworkers, and even my sister and my DM are shorter than I am. My sister is only 5'0. I'm also big framed so I do feel "big" like a giant next to most women but not just cause of my height but also my frame. I think if I was smaller framed I wouldn't feel as large.

I never understand why people say the average is also made up of older people, or shorter ethnic minorities and if you removed those and left just the young girls, you'd get another value. Should only the young count towards the nation's average height?

Where I live many women are much shorter - but two of the tallest people I know are older women.

The latest 2023 stats show average height in UK for men is around 5 foot 10 and for women it is around 164cm which is just under 5 foot 5. I do not get the notion where everyone thinks just because their cousin or relative is 6 foot it means most people are. Yes people are taller but most men are not over 6 foot and most women are not above 5 feet 6 in the UK.

Depends on other factors as well such as ethnicity in Mexico for example the average height is 5 foot 7 for men and around 5 foot 5 for Indian men. Women are around 5 foot 2 on average for both countries.

Of course not. And I'm short.
6foot, maybe. 5'7 and frankly pretty slim, nope. __