Thinking that women would benefit if they were more open minded about height in a potential partner…

I think it's just a physical attribute that most women find attractive but it doesn't mean that most women would rule out dating a shorter guy just because of his height. Most men probably like a small waist and larger breasts but they wouldn't rule out partners without these attributes. (Unless they are very shallow of course)!

All the men in my side of the family are over 6ft. My DS who is 12 is 5ft 8 already.

We're just giants.

DP is 6.3 ish but his family aren't particularly tall.

I see this online, but do many women actually care about height?

I care if he can solve a really complex math equation, but height, really?

Op's point is that men have to be over 6ft. The responses on here saying "I want a man to be taller than me" is not the same thing
Agree with this.
I also suspect that whilst women would have preferences of things they find physically attractive, most aren't going to rule out a funny, kind, attractive man they've met at their hobby/workplace/through friends because he's an inch shorter than their typical preference.

The men who mope and moan about how unfair it is that women only date above 6 foot are probably the men who have more going wrong with them than their height. A victim mindset and a sense of whiny entitlement to have a woman date them are unlikely to come across as attractive qualities.

True... but there are a significant number of posts where they state they're tall themselves, or like to wear heels, so nudge over that six-foot point. So in this case, although not true for everyone, the comment still applies.

I'd edit the OP's comment to be more like "while not perhaps a majority, a significant number of women do 'appear' to prefer men over six feet tall, but an overwhelmingly large number (I'd hazard a guess at 90%?) would require a man to at least be teller than themselves"... fair assessment?

Adds anything to an already vacuous proposition you mean ? 😂

InCel vibes here tbh. Think OP is a short misogynistic male.

I married a short man. Unfortunately he didn't turn out to be a good one.

You don't need to ready many Relationship threads to know that a lot of women are very poor pickers when it comes to their partners. We are so socially conditioned to expect our male partner to be taller, but not for them to kind, polite or decent. I certainly agreed that many women could do with reviewing their choices in male partner, for a number of reasons.

Height isn't overtly sexual in the way boobs are in a dating context and a lot of people don't agree on what big boobs are anyway. I believe apps do include descriptions of body types (might be hidden in something like activity levels) so the information is there, just more subtly.

There's so much evidence that your first two links are quoting the same source (one dating app's stats) and your third link says that there's no difference between average and tall men.

This.

Op's point is that men have to be over 6ft. The responses on here saying "I want a man to be taller than me" is not the same thing.

Height doesn't particularly bother me. But they would have to be taller than me...I'm only 5'3"

Cos you don't see 50000000 million articles on the Internet about women complaining that men only want to date younger, slim blonde women with massive tits.

But God forbid women express one tiny little preference.

This sounds a little bit like the rhetoric some men use where they think there's a conspiracy behind why women aren't interested in dating them.

I don't think I know anyone with a fixed line on height. If you connect with someone then you can connect and fall in love even if they don't tick every single physical preference.

It's interesting how many in here are saying they've never heard of it, or that they're surprised it matters, but I'd say a good 50% of comments in here are that they'd never date shorter, they like heels, they need someone to reach the top shelf, my husband is taller and I like it, tall men are more attractive...

So the OP does have a point.

But it does seem like it's one of those acceptable requirements. A woman saying she likes tall men is normal and not really questioned, a man saying he prefers big boobs is shallow. It's funny how there's a filter for one but not the other on dating sites! :)

I think women generally want a man to be taller than them, not necessarily over 6 ft. Younger women are taller generally though, so maybe that skews the dating sites.

DS is 5 11 but most people would describe him as 'tall' so if women only want over 6 ft they are missing out on men who are quite tall irl (some would probably lie and say they are 6 ft then the honest 5ft 11 ones would be overlooked )

Agree with PPs, no one can help what they find attractive. I've not come across anyone that has a "cutoff" height, just a preference for taller men.

I'm 5'9 and I quite like short men. I don't like incels though, so bad luck OP.

Yes, this. The bumble study result is most likely due to tall women looking for taller men.

Yes, exactly, if you are referring to the UK the average height of a man is 5ft 10!!

Height has never been a pre-requisite for me. I’m only a little over 5 foot so if you are over 12 you are probably taller than me. My ex was 5 foot 7. My DP is 6 foot 3.

I'm 6ft. Same size or taller.

Can't help who I'm attracted to

I'm 5ft 11.

I don't find men shorter than me attractive