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

I'm 5'9" and DH is 6', so he's a bit taller than me, same height if I'm wearing heels. He's actually said to me he wishes I was shorter! So maybe us tall ladies face prejudice also ;)

I'm really not that fussed about height, I only know one woman who was, and she was 5'3"! Not sure why it would be such a punishment for her to go out with someone under 6', but there you go...

I'm 5'1" and my criteria was a man tall enough to stand behind me at a gig and still clearly see over the top of me, my DP is 6' and yes that was a "selling point" 🤗

When I met my now DH I admit I did initially think he was a bit short to be my 'type', but I'm not daft enough to turn a date down for that reason! I don't think height is a deal breaker for many women really? He's still taller than me though, and tall enough to reach high shelves 😄

My husband is 5ft 8 which is plenty tall enough.
How many men are even over 6ft anyway?

Back in a mo.

Google says 30% of UK men aged 25.
So I'm assuming it's less than that for older men.

Tbh I think the truth is men with an incel mindset who claim women only want X, Y, Z are inventing issues to avoid looking at their personalities, sense of entitlement and misogyny. I can't possibly be the problem, it's these 'females' with their demands, they owe me access to them how dare they reject me...

Is it definitely because you’re short rather than because you’re a bit of a nob?

I've seen this said on here as well when a short woman says she prefers tall men she gets told to leave the tall men for the tall women so it's definitely a "thing" 🤣 I'm 5ft 4 and this isn't an issue for me I have no trouble dating tall men (6ft+) because I find tall men prefer short women in my experience!

I grew up during the diet culture, where it was also very much norm that women shouldn't be bigger than men.

I'm also tall-ish and I would like man to be bit taller than me, and not too skinny. Same way than men might prefer curvy or skinny girls etc. It's only a preference, and a lot of people end up with someone who may not be 100% their physical preference but have other qualities.

I’m feeling incel vibes here. My DH isn’t 6’ and IDGAF. I care about his:

• kindness
• humour
• work ethic
• honesty
• shared interests with me
• education background similar to mine
• family dynamic background similar to mine

But they wouldn’t be perfect if the person isn’t attracted to someone shorter than them. A man a few sizes larger wouldn’t be my soulmate as I don’t like ‘larger’.

Me 5ft6 four long term OHs in my life and they have gone 5ft8, 6ft2, 5ft10 current partner 6ft4 i didnt search for height i went for the person

Why are they more attractive? You may be attracted to tall men but if you live in a society where the average man is 5ft 4 you are going to be very disappointed or limited.

I’ve only read the first point on that article and skimmed the rest, but does it even say women prefer “tall” men as oppose to “men taller than them”? It even mentions 5 foot 9 as an average which is much below 6 foot!

I don’t like skinny or fat. But not too muscly either. 😅 I hate tattoos. We can be as ‘discriminatory’ as we like when dating, regardless of reasons.

People can filter for height on dating apps. I agree people should not have to date anyone they're not attracted to, that goes without saying. But if you met someone an inch shorter than you wanted he might turn out to be the perfect man. Just like a woman a few sizes larger than your ideal could be your soulmate.
I wonder how this impacts on men who are wheelchair users?

I'm 5ft1 and remember a woman once telling me I was selfish for marrying my 6ft3 husband as it meant the 'pool' is smaller for women her height. I laughed and still don't know to this day if she was being serious.

I don't think the question itself makes you sound like a short male incel, but there's something very unpleasant about the pseudo David Attenborough tone to it as if women are a wild animal species whose mating preference is to be studied and analysed...and tbh, this line really stinks: how much of women’s desire to bag a tall guy is actually societal, and down to how they think other women will view them?

It's not just you, but I don't think it is 'society' per se, perhaps biology.

I find tall men more attractive. I wouldn't rule out shorter men, and have dated shorter men. I'm 5'4 and have dated between 5'7 and 6'4. The 6'4 man is now my husband- not because of his height! But I do like it.

I'm reasonably tall and I wouldn't have dated someone shorter than 6 foot. 5'10" at a push.

I wouldn't date a man who was skinny or fat or with facial hair or tattoos either.

It's just personal preference as to what I find attractive.

I’ve never dated anyone male who was shorter than me, but as I’m barely 5ft I haven’t seen that many to choose from anyway…

In my early 20s I sat on a barstool in a short skirt and high red heels... I got talking/chatted up by a man and sparks sort of flew...

I got off the stool and...he came up to my boobs...!

34 years and 3 beautiful DCs later we are still happily married...

It helped massively that neither of us had hangups about our respective 6ft and 5ft 3in heights...

But I honestly don't know what would have happened if I'd been aware of his height before he flirted and made me laugh.

He knew how tall I was because he told me he'd seen me walk in the pub...

He'd been told by his mates he didn't stand a chance with me...
He still makes me laugh 😂...

Someone up thread said that they couldn't date someone smaller because it would make them feel huge..but at 6ft I already felt/feel huge compared with everyone.

Because men are NEVER superficial in their dating choices......

My husband is three inches or so shorter than I am, but I'm not going to nag other women about their preferences. I'm sure other people would cavil at the fact that I could not, under any circumstances, fancy a man who misused semi-colons, and that I would be unlikely to date someone without at least one postgraduate degree.

Women seem to be fighting for a small proportion of men

Is this in real life or just on those sites with by odd, undatable men who look to blame women for their issues?