What height do you consider to be tall?

[WellThisWentWell]

For both, a woman and a man...

5’8 women and 6ft men. I’m 5’9 and other half is 6’3. I love me a tall man. Can’t remember the last time I’ve dated anyone shorter than 6ft. Maybe when I was a teenager.

@DryIce

This is really interesting, I suppose it depends on your perspective

I'm 5'9 and my husband is 6', and I think of us both as the taller side of average.

I'd say tall is 5'10+ for a woman, and 6'2+ for a man

Definitely.

I would guess I could be put in the 'lower than the world' category when it comes to height statistics.

@Boom45

Men don't like tall women and women don't like short men. How it's always been I'm 6ft and I was very popular thank you very much. Not so much now, the wedding ring and small children put most people off.

Wondering about this. It isn’t something I came across when I was dating. But then I only dated 6 footers

Men don't like tall women and women don't like short men. How it's always been

Pretty sure a walk around any local town will dispel this myth for you.

Am 5:10. On Facebook there's a group for tall girls , some on there are 6:5 ... nightmare getting clothes and shoes !

Men don't like tall women and women don't like short men. How it's always been
Good job everyone has a different idea of what's tall and what's short. Makes everyone a winner.

I know three men who are 6’4/6’5 and they are both noticeably taller than everyone else in the room unless they are in the room together. I saw two of them taking once and realised they were both stood up straight for the first time I’d seen! Anyway I think it’s silly to say say men are only tall if there over 6”2 as it is way over the average height in the U.K.!

I'm 5"8 and am normally one of the taller women in a group. So I consider myself to be quite tall.

For men I see quite tall as 6ft or above but not very tall until over about 6"4.

I know a 6"7 bloke and if you are with him you can normally hear others saying "wow, isn't he tall!" Well yes he is but finds the constant comments quite annoying!

Woman - 5 ft 9 and up
Man - 6ft 2 and up

Drives me up the wall when 5ft 7 women claim to be tall - if they think they're tall then what am I at 6ft? A giant?

Woman 5.8 men 6.2

5'7" for a woman. I am 5'8" and people always say I'm tall. I am long of leg and slim which I think makes me look tall.

6' for a man.

The average heights for women and men in UK are 5'4" and 5'10" I believe. Most people are saying women over 5'9" they'd consider tall and men over 6'. So they think women are tall when they are 5" taller than average but men are tall at 2" above average. Very odd.

Woman over 5ft 7
Man over 6ft

What's interesting too (for me) is that I'm almost 5'10" and a woman but most people don't think I'm tall til I actively start measuring myself against them.

@lampshadery

Woman - 5 ft 9 and up Man - 6ft 2 and up

Drives me up the wall when 5ft 7 women claim to be tall - if they think they're tall then what am I at 6ft? A giant?

I'm 5 ft 7 and don't consider myself tall just taller than average of my age group. I'm definitely a shorty compared to my DD's friends.

@PickwickThePlockingDodo I definitely think there is a difference between 'taller than average' and actually 'tall'.

It is very interesting that you say your DD's friends all seem tall - my mum is tall (taller than me) and says that tallness is much more common in my generation than hers. Women seem to be getting taller - I'm sure there is some scientific research on this somewhere

My husband and I are 6ft so I'd say anything taller than that is tall. It's all relative. Agree about today's teenagers - I was a bit of a freak in school in the 80s for being so tall but now I seem to see tall teenagers everywhere.

Over 5'4 for a woman 5'11 for a man

I think it depends on your origins and age. Lots of barely at high school girls are over 6ft in my cousins kids school in Australia.
The basketball team has a 14 yr old girl that in 6'2.
Women 6ft Men 6ft 4

Dunno - why are you asking?

over 5' 8 for women and over 6'1 for men i guess.. im 5'10 and i feel taller than most in the room a lot. Lots of guys around my height and shorter most of the time so i dont see it as tall till they are a couple inches taller than me.

I'm 5'8" and taller than most women I know (say 80%?). In a crowded room, I'm normally taller than a couple of men too (including DH ).
So I'd say for a woman 5'8"-5'9" - tall enough to be taller than a fair few guys.

Men: over 6'1" (tall enough that I'd still have to look up in heels)

We all tall I am 5 11. I wear flats alot! My dad was tall 6 ft 2!

I'm 160 cm, so almost everyone is always taller. Husband is 170 cm, which I think is on the short side of average and son (15) is already almost 180cm. At least he will have an easy time shopping for clothes as that seems to be the heights shops cater to mostly. :)

Anything over 5ft 7 for a woman (I'm 5'6)

Anything at or over 6ft for a man.

In my friend circle I'm one of the tallest, I think my best friend is 5'2. But in my family I'm considered short, because they're all a bunch of giants. I was very put out that I'm not 6ft like my mum and sister.